†family Stenopterygiidae Kühn 1934 (ichthyosaur)
Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Stenopterygiidae
Alternative spelling: Stenopterygiinae
Parent taxon: Thunnosauria according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Fernández 1997, Fernandez 1998, Kuhn 1946, Maisch 2008, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Shimada 1996 and Storrs et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Ichthyosauridae, Malawania, Stenopterygius
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Belmont d’Azergues (Lafarge quarry), Middle Toarcian (bifrons/variabilis) (Jurassic of France)