Arthropterygius
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthropterygius is a widespread genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur which existed in Canada, Norway, Russia, and Argentina from the late Jurassic period and possibly to the earliest Cretaceous.[2][3]
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Cranial elements of A. chrisorum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Genus: | †Arthropterygius Maxwell, 2010 |
Type species | |
†Arthropterygius chrisorum (Russel, 1993 [originally Ophthalmosaurus]) | |
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