Hauffiopteryx Maisch 2008 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Neoichthyosauria according to V. Fischer et al. 2013

See also Caine and Benton 2011, Ji et al. 2016 and Maisch 2010

Sister taxa: Dearcmhara, Eurhinosaurus, Excalibosaurus, Leptonectes, Leptonectidae, Suevoleviathanidae, Temnodontosauridae, Temnodontosaurus

Subtaxa: Hauffiopteryx typicus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Strawberry Bank quarry, north of Ilminster (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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