Stenopterygiidae

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Stenopterygiidae
Temporal range:
Early Jurassic, 183–179  Ma
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Possible Middle Jurassic record
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Stenopterygius quadriscissus fossil preserving soft tissue envelope
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Clade: Baracromia
Family: Stenopterygiidae
Jaekel, 1904
Genera

Stenopterygiidae are a family of the Ichthyosauria, a group of extinct marine reptiles that superficially resemble fish. They are distinguished from other ichthyosaurs by the arrangement of the flipper bones and by the broad attachment of the fins to the body.

References

  1. W. Maisch, Michael; T. Matzke, Andreas (2022). "Magnipterygius huenei n. gen. n. sp., a new small stenopterygiid (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation of SW Germany". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 303 (2): 169–201. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2022/1042. S2CID   246797718 . Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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