Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Back to Ophthalmosauria   Taxonomic history of the genus Aegirosaurus Bardet & Fernandez, 2000

    †Aegirosaurus Bardet & Fernandez, 2000
        †Ichthyosaurus de la Beche & Conybeare, 1821
        †Brachypterygius v. Huene, 1922
        †Macropterygius

    †Aegirosaurus leptospondylus (Wagner, 1853a) Bardet & Fernandez, 2000
        †Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus Wagner, 1853a
        †Ichthyosaurus trigonus var. posthumus Bauer, 1898
        †Macropterygius posthumus (Bauer) Barthel et al., 1990
        †Macropterygius trigonus Frickhinger, 1994
        †Brachypterygius extremus Fernández, 1997

Reference(s):

Bardet, N. & Fernandez, M., 2000: A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria.
–Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 74, #3, pp. 503-511