Leninia
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Leninia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 119–113 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Ophthalmosaurinae |
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†Leninia Fischer et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
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†Leninia stellans Fischer et al., 2013 |
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Leninia is an extinct genus of basal ophthalmosaurine ichthyosaur known from the late Early Cretaceous (lower Aptian stage) of western Russia. Leninia was first named by Valentin Fischer, Maxim S. Arkhangelsky, Gleb N. Uspensky, Ilya M. Stenshin and Pascal Godefroit in 2013 and the type species is Leninia stellans.
Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis of Fischer et. al., 2013:
Ichthyosaurus communis
Stenopterygius quadriscissus
Chacaicosaurus cayi
Arthropterygius chrisorum
Leninia stellans
Mollesaurus perialus
Ophthalmosaurus icenicus (type species)
Baptanodon ("O." natans)
Acamptonectes densus
Brachypterygius extremus
Maiaspondylus lindoei
Aegirosaurus leptospondylus
Sveltonectes insolitus
"Platypterygius" hercynicus
Caypullisaurus bonapartei
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