Genus
Valid Extinct

Aegirosaurus

Bardet and Fernandez 2000

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Aegirosaurus
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Baracromia Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae Family
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Platypterygiinae Subfamily
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Aegirosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
2 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
2
🇫🇷 France
1
Geological formations
Solnhofen
2
Temporal distribution
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Species (3)
Aegirosaurus leptospondylus 149 Ma
Macropterygius posthumus subjective synonym of Aegirosaurus leptospondylus 149 Ma
Macropterygius trigonus subjective synonym of Aegirosaurus leptospondylus 149 Ma
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Bibliography
Original description
N. Bardet and M. Fernandez. 2000. A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria. Journal of Paleontology 74(3):503-511 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
V. Fischer, A. Clement, and M. Guiomar, P. Godefroit. 2011. The first definite record of a Valanginian ichthyosaur and its implications on the evolution of post-Liassic Ichthyosauria. Cretaceous Research 32:155-163 DOI ↗
N. Bardet and M. Fernandez. 2000. A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria. Journal of Paleontology 74(3):503-511 DOI ↗