Full reference: E. E. Maxwell, M. S. Fernández, and R. R. Schoch. 2012. First diagnostic marine reptile remains from the Aalenian (Middle Jurassic): a new ichthyosaur from southwestern Germany. PLoS ONE 7(8):e41692
Belongs to Stenopterygius according to E. E. Maxwell et al. 2012
See also Ji et al. 2016
Sister taxa: 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
Type specimen: SMNS 90699, a partial skeleton (an articulated specimen of a mature adult preserving the posterior skull, presacral vertebral column, pectoral girdle and proximal forelimbs). Its type locality is Road-cut 700 m SE of the center of Zell am Aichelberg, which is in an Aalenian marine claystone in the Opalinuston Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Road-cut 700 m SE of the center of Zell am Aichelberg
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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