Arthropterygius

Arthropterygius
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–?Berriasian
~
Cranial elements of A. chrisorum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: Arthropterygius
Maxwell, 2010
Type species
Arthropterygius chrisorum
(Russel, 1993 [originally Ophthalmosaurus])
Other species
  • ?A. hoybergeti (Druckenmiller et al., 2012)
  • ?A. lundi (Roberts et al., 2014)
  • A. volgensis (Kasansky, 1903)
  • A. thalassonotus (Campos et al. 2019)
Synonyms

Arthropterygius is a widespread genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur which existed in Canada, Norway, Russia, and Argentina from the late Jurassic period and possibly to the earliest Cretaceous.