Nannopterygius enthekiodon Hulke 1871 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: J. W. Hulke. 1871. Note on an ichthyosaurus (I. enthekiodon) from Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 27:440-441

Belongs to Nannopterygius according to B. C. Moon 2019

Sister taxon: Nannopterygius saveljeviensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kimmeridge Bay, Mansel collection, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine mudstone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kimmeridge Bay

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