Aegirosaurus
Aegirosaurus is an extinct genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs known from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous of Europe. It was originally named as a species of Ichthyosaurus.
| Aegirosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Partial specimen of Aegirosaurus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Platypterygiinae |
| Genus: | †Aegirosaurus Bardet & Fernandez, 2000 |
| Species: | †A. leptospondylus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aegirosaurus leptospondylus (Wagner, 1853) | |
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