Stenopterygiidae 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.
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| Stenopterygius quadriscissus fossil preserving soft tissue envelope | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Clade: | †Baracromia |
| Family: | †Stenopterygiidae Jaekel, 1904 |
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References
edit- ^ W. Maisch, Michael; T. Matzke, Andreas (2022). "Magnipterygius huenei n. gen. n. sp., a new small stenopterygiid (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation of SW Germany". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 303 (2): 169–201. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2022/1042. S2CID 246797718. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
Further reading
edit- Long, J.A., Dinosaurs of Australia & New Zealand, UNSW Press, Australia 1998