Nannopterygius
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Nannopterygius (meaning "small wing/flipper" in Greek) is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous (Callovian to Berriasian stages). Fossils are known from England, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Norway[1][2] and six species are currently assigned to the genus.[3]
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Holotype of N. enthekiodon (NHMUK PV OR 46497), displayed at the Natural History Museum, London | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Genus: | †Nannopterygius von Huene, 1922 |
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†Nannopterygius enthekiodon (Hulke, 1871 [originally Ichthyosaurus) | |
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