Species
Valid Extinct

Platypterygius hercynicus

(Kuhn 1946)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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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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Platypterygius Genus
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Platypterygius hercynicus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
2
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
O. v. Kuhn. 1946. Ein skelett von Ichthyosaurus (Platypterygius) hercynicus n. sp. aus dem Aptium von Gitter. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bamberg 29:69-82
Bibliography (3)
V. Fischer. 2013. Origin, biodiversity, and extinction of Cretaceous ichthyosaurs.
V. Fischer. 2012. New data on the ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus and its implications for the validity of the genus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(1):123-134 DOI ↗
C. Kolb and P. M. Sander. 2009. Redescription of the ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus (Kuhn 1946) from the Lower Cretaceous of Salzgitter (Lower Saxony, Germany). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 288:151-192 DOI ↗