This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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Corresponding author (Name, Year)
Koenig, 1818
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Ichthyosaurus
Alternative Name
scientific
Eurypterygius
Jaekel, 1904
Ref.: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Palaontologie) 298:1-159
Detailed description
Die Angehörigen dieser Gattung waren relativ kleine Ichthyosaurier.
J. A. Massare, 2018 - A taxonomic reassessment of Ichthyosaurus communis and I. intermedius and a revised diagnosis for the genus - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (16), 263-277 (journal article, English)
D. R. Lomax, 2017 - The taxonomic utility of forefin morphology in Lower Jurassic ichthyosaurs: Protoichthyosaurus and Ichthyosaurus - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (37), e136- (journal article, English)
D. R. Lomax, 2017 - Two new species of Ichthyosaurus from the lowermost Jurassic (Hettangian) of Somerset, England - Papers in Palaeontology (3), 1-20 (journal article, English)
D. R. Lomax, 2015 - A new species of Ichthyosaurus from the Lower Jurassic of west Dorset, England, U.K - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e903260), 1-14 (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2011 - A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (31), 1010-1025 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2010 - Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art - Palaeodiversity (3), 151-214 (journal article, English)
C. Kolb, 2009 - Redescription of the ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus (Kuhn 1946) from the Lower Cretaceous of Salzgitter (Lower Saxony, Germany) - Palaeontographica Abteilung A (288), 151-192 (journal article, English)
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 (journal article, German)
S. Sachs, 2003 - An ichthyosaur fragment from the Cretaceous of Northland, New Zealand - Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (33), 307-314 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 2003 - Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 8 / Part 8 Ichthyopterygia - (), 1-175 (book, English)
J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., 2002 - A compendium of fossil marine animal genera - Bulletins of American Paleontology (363), 1-560 (serial monograph, English)
Z. Gasparini, 2001 - Metriorhynchid crcodiles (Crocodyliformes) from the Oxfordian of Western Cuba - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte (9), 534-542 (journal article, English)
M. S. Fernandez, 2000 - Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Neuquen Basin, Argentina - Historical Biology (14), 133-136 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2000 - The Ichthyosauria - Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (298), 1-159- (journal article, English)
R. Motani, 1999 - Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (19), 473-496 (journal article, English)
J. M. Mazin, 1993 - Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic ichthyopterygia - Paleontologia Lombarda (2), 93-107 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1989 - Leptopterygius tenuirostris and other long-snouted ichthyosaurs from the English Lower Lias - Palaeontology (32), 409-427 (journal article, English)
R. M. Appleby, 1979 - The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs - Palaeontology (22), 921-946 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1976 - The description and phenetic relationships of a new ichthyosaur genus from the Upper Jurassic of England - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (13), 668-683 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1974 - A revision of the longipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England, with descriptions of two new species (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) - Life Sciences Contribution of the Royal Ontario Museum (97), - (journal article, English)
J. B. Delair, 1960 - The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part three: conclusion - Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (81), 59-85 (journal article, English)
C. L. Camp, 1942 - Ichthyosaur rostra from central California - Journal of Paleontology (16), 362-371 (journal article, English)
J. C. Merriam, 1908 - Triassic Ichthyosauria - Memoirs of the University of California (1), 1-155 (journal article, English)
R. Lydekker, 1889 - - Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia (), - (book/book chapter, English)
R. Lydekker, 1888 - Note on the classificaiton of the Ichthyopterygia (with a notice of two new species) - Geological Magazine (5), 309-314 (journal article, English)
R. Owen, 1884 - A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part III - (), 1-199 (book, English)
E. Koken, 1883 - Die Reptilien der norddeutschen unteren Kreide - Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft (35), 735-827 (journal article, German)
R. Lydekker, 1879 - Fossil Reptilia and Batrachia - Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologia Indica, Series IV. Indian Pretertiary Vertebrata (1), 1-36 (serial monograph, English)
R. Tate, 1876 - - The Yorkshire Lias (), 1-475 (book, English)
J. W. Hulke, 1871 - Note on an ichthyosaurus (I. enthekiodon) from Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset - Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (27), 440-441 (journal article, English)
J. Phillips, 1871 - - Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford (), 1-523 (book/book chapter, English)
R. Owen, 1861 - - Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second Edition. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh (), 1-463 (book, English)
G. A. Mantell, 1851 - - Petrifactions and Their Teachings; or, a Hand-Book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British Museum (), xi-496 (book chapter, English)
R. Owen, 1840 - Report on British fossil reptiles - Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (8), 43-126 (journal article, English)
T. Hawkins, 1840 - - The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri (), 1-27 (book, English)
T. Hawkins, 1834 - - Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth (), vi-51 (serial monograph, English)
W. D. Conybeare, 1822 - Additional notices on the fossil genera Ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus - Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 (1), 103-123 (journal article, English)