Aegirosaurus
Sign in to saveAegirosaurus 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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It is catalogued under topics including Early Cretaceous ichthyosaurs, Early Cretaceous reptiles of Europe and Fossil taxa described in 2000.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Platypterygiinae
- Named after
- Ægir
- Image
- Macropterygius posthumus.JPG
- Length
- 2
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- taxon name
- Aegirosaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- location of discovery
- Chauvac-Laux-Montaux
- start time
- 152100000-
- end time
- 132900000-
- Commons category
- Aegirosaurus
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Discovery and species
- Stratigraphic range
- Description
- Skull
- Postcranial skeleton
- Soft tissue
- Palaeobiology
- See also
- References
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.
==Discovery and species==
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