Platypterygius

Platypterygius is a historically paraphyletic genus of platypterygiine ichthyosaur from the Cretaceous period. It was historically used as a wastebasket taxon, and most species within Platypterygius likely are undiagnostic at the genus or species level, or represent distinct genera, even being argued as invalid. While fossils referred to Platypterygius have been found throughout different continents, the holotype specimen was found in Germany.

Platypterygius
Assigned P. australis specimen
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily: Platypterygiinae
Genus: Platypterygius
von Huene, 1922
Type species
Ichthyosaurus platydactylus
Broilli 1907
Other species
  • P. americanus
    (Nace, 1939)
  • P. australis
    (McCoy, 1867)
  • P. hercynicus
    Kuhn, 1946
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