Aegirosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Aegirosaurus | |
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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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