Stenopterygiidae

Taxobox
name = Stenopterygiidae
fossil_range = Early to Mid Jurassic

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Stenopterygius quadriscissus" from the Early Jurassic of Germany
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Ichthyosauria
familia = Stenopterygiidae
genus_authority = Jaekel, 1904
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Stenopterygius"
?"Chacaicosaurus"

Stenopterygidae are a family of the Ichthyosauria, a group of extinct marine reptiles that superficially resemble fish. They are distinguished from other ichthyosaurs by the arrangement of the flipper bones and by the broad attachment of the fins to the body.

References

Long, J.A., Dinosaurs of Australia & New Zealand, UNSW Press, Australia 1998