Hauffiopteryx

Hauffiopteryx
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
Fossil of H. typicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Node: Parvipelvia
Genus: Hauffiopteryx
Maisch, 2008
Type species
Hauffiopteryx typicus
(von Huene, 1931 [originally Stenopterygius typicus])
Other species
  • Hauffiopteryx altera Maxwell and Cortés, 2020
Synonyms
  • Stenopterygius hauffianus typica von Huene, 1931
  • Stenopterygius typicus von Huene, 1931

Hauffiopteryx is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur known from Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Somerset of the United Kingdom. Two species are known: H. typicus and H. altera.