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Nannopterygius
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–TithonianScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: †Ichthyosauria Family: †Ophthalmosauridae Genus: †Nannopterygius
von Huene, 1922Species: †N. enthekiodon Binomial name Nannopterygius enthekiodon
(Hulke, 1871)Nannopterygius is a genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian stages). Fossils have been found in England and Germany.[1]
References
- ^ Maisch MW, Matzke AT. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298: 1-159
- Prehistoric reptile stubs
- Fossil taxa described in 1922
- Jurassic ichthyosaurs
- Prehistoric reptiles of Europe
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