Two by two: a second ichthyosaur?

We have two plesiosaurs (Plesiosaurus and Elasmosaurus), two pliosaurs (Attenborosaurus and Liopleurodon), and two mosasaurs (Mosasaurus and Tylosaurus(?)). Following this pattern, do you think it's likely we'll get a second ichthyosaur to round out the aquatic reptiles? And which one would you like to see? Personally I'm down for this big lad to appear.

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Attenborosaurus is a plesiosaur and no pliosaur.
 
We have two plesiosaurs (Plesiosaurus and Elasmosaurus), two pliosaurs (Attenborosaurus and Liopleurodon)
Minor correction, but Pliosaurids are members of the Plesiosauran clade. Ergo, we have 4 plesiosaurs with 2 of them being pliosaurids.

Though splitting plesiosaurans between pliosaurids and plesiosauroids would work.
 
"Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari. The genus is named after David Attenborough,[1] the species after William Conybeare.[2]"
Attenborosaurus is an unusual plesiosaur because it combines a long neck with a relatively large head. It is classified as a pliosaur in some classifications, but some phylogenies place it in a more basal position. The genus was introduced for ‘Plesiosaurus’ conybeari, a species originally described by Sollas (1881). Bob Bakker coined the new genus name to honour the esteemed wildlife documentarian David Attenborough.
 
We have two plesiosaurs (Plesiosaurus and Elasmosaurus), two pliosaurs (Attenborosaurus and Liopleurodon), and two mosasaurs (Mosasaurus and Tylosaurus(?)). Following this pattern, do you think it's likely we'll get a second ichthyosaur to round out the aquatic reptiles? And which one would you like to see? Personally I'm down for this big lad to appear.

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I´d vote for the Temnodontosaurus for this 3 reasons
1. ) many very complete specimen known.
2. ) Apex predator of the early Jurassic !
3.) with 10m - 12m in length big enough to be fed from the sharkfeeder ( like the Kronosaurs )

Opthalmosaurs would still be a good choice but wouldn´t be much different from Ichthyosaurus ( only with bigger eyes and a little bit bigger).
Platypterigius with 7m in length would be the choise for the last one surviving Ichthysaur of the late Cretaceous !
 
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