Cryopterygius
Appearance
Cryopterygius Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Genus: | †Cryopterygius Druckenmiller et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Cryopterygius kristiansenae Druckenmiller et al., 2012
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Cryopterygius (meaning 'frozen fin' in Greek) is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurian known from the uppermost Jurassic of Central Spitsbergen, Norway.[1] It is known from a single, but largely complete specimen from the Slottsmøya Member of the Agardhfjellet Formation (middle Volgian/late Tithonian, Late Jurassic). At 5.0–5.5 m total length, it is a large ichthyosaur. The single and only known species is Cryopterygius kristiansenae Druckenmiller et al., 2012.
See also
References
- ^ "Two new ophthalmosaurids (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Upper Jurassic: Volgian/Tithonian), Svalbard, Norway". Norwegian Journal of Geology. 92 (2–3): 311–339. 2012. ISSN 1502-5322.
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