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†Stenopterygius Jaekel 1904 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria

Parent taxon: Thunnosauria according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Bonaparte 1980, Caine and Benton 2011, Carroll 1988, Fernández 1997, Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2008, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, Maxwell et al. 2012, McGowan 1974, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999, Sander 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ichthyosauridae, Malawania, Stenopterygiidae

Subtaxa: Stenopterygius aaleniensis Stenopterygius banzensis Stenopterygius cayi Stenopterygius cuneiceps Stenopterygius hauffianus Stenopterygius longifrons Stenopterygius longipes Stenopterygius macrophasma Stenopterygius megacephalus Stenopterygius megalorhinus Stenopterygius promegacelaphus Stenopterygius quadriscissus Stenopterygius triscissus Stenopterygius uniter

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (15), Luxembourg (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 20 collections including 47 occurrences

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