Ophthalmothule was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Ophthalmothule lived during the Jurassic.

All the Ophthalmothule illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Ophthalmothule was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • A. J. Roberts, P. S. Druckenmiller, and B. Cordonnier, L. L. Delsett, J. H. Hurum. 2020. A new plesiosaurian from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transitional interval of the Slottsmøya Member (Volgian), with insights into the cranial anatomy of cryptoclidids using computed tomography. PeerJ 8:e8652