Species
Valid Extinct

Stenopterygius quadriscissus

Quenstedt 1858

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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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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Thunnosauria Unranked clade
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Stenopterygius Genus
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Stenopterygius quadriscissus Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
5
Geological formations
Posidonia Shale
2
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
5
Bibliography
Original description
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
M. W. Maisch. 2008. Revision der gattung Stenopterygius Jaekel, 1904 emend. von Huene, 1922 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) aus dem unteren Jura Westeuropas. Palaeodiversity 1:227-271
M. W. Maisch and J. Ansorge. 2004. The Liassic ichthyosaur Stenopterygius cf. quadriscissus from the Lower Toarcian of Dobbertin (northeastern Germany) and some considerations on Lower Toarcian marine reptile palaeobiogeography. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 78(1):161-171 DOI ↗
T. Bürgin. 2000. Euthynotus cf. incognitus (Actinopterygii, Pachycormidae) als Mageninhalt eines Fischsauriers aus dem Posidonienschiefer Süddeutchlands (Unterer Jura, Lias epsilon). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 93:491-496