Genus
Valid Extinct

Eurhinosaurus

Abel 1909

Eurhinosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian), ranging between 183 and 175 million years. Fossils of this genus have been found across Western Europe, such as in England, southern and northern Germany, the Benelux, France and Switzerland.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Eurhinosaurus
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A 6.4 meter (21ft) Eurhinosaurus species specimen from the Holzmaden Formation, Baden-Wurttenburg, Germany. ~185 million years old. © Kevmin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Parvipelvia Unranked clade
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Neoichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Eurhinosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
5 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
🇫🇷 France
1
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
Geological formations
Staffelegg
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
2
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Eurhinosaurus huenei subjective synonym of Eurhinosaurus longirostris 201 Ma
Eurhinosaurus longirostris 201 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliography (3)
V. Fischer, M. Guiomar, and P. Godefroit. 2011. New data on the palaeobiogeography of Early Jurassic marine reptiles: the Toarcian ichthyosaur fauna of the Vocontian Basin (SE France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaontologie. Abhandlungen 261(1):111-127 DOI ↗
A. G. Reisdorf, M. W. Maisch, and A. Wetzel. 2011. First record of the leptonectid ichthyosaur Eurhinosaurus longirostris from the Early Jurassic of Switzerland and its stratigraphic framework. Swiss Journal of Geoscience 104:211-224 DOI ↗
R. Owen. 1884. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part III.