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Hauffiopteryx
Taxonomy
Hauffiopteryx was named by Maisch (2008).
It was assigned to Stenopterygiidae by Maisch (2010), Caine and Benton (2011); to Neoichthyosauria by Fischer et al. (2013); and to Leptonectidae by Ji et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Stenopterygiidae by Maisch (2010), Caine and Benton (2011); to Neoichthyosauria by Fischer et al. (2013); and to Leptonectidae by Ji et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Hauffiopteryx Maisch |
| 2010 | Hauffiopteryx Maisch |
| 2011 | Hauffiopteryx Caine and Benton |
| 2013 | Hauffiopteryx Fischer et al. |
| 2016 | Hauffiopteryx Ji et al. p. 12 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. Ji et al. 2016 | Total length about 3 m; <46 presacral vertebrae; relatively short and slender snout; slight overbite; nasal not con- tacting postfrontal; nasal forming dorsal margin of external naris; prefrontal entering external naris; jugal not contacting quadrato-jugal; cheek facing posteriorly rather than laterally; scapula anteroproximal extension toward clavicle absent; one postaxial accessory digit. |