†Aegirosaurus leptospondylus Wagner 1853 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combination: Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus
Synonyms: Macropterygius posthumus Barthel 1990, Macropterygius trigonus Owen 1840
Belongs to Aegirosaurus according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Bardet and Fernandez 2000, Fischer et al. 2013, Ji et al. 2016, Lydekker 1889, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and McGowan and Motani 2003
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ichthyosaurus trigonus posthumus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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