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Another reptile groupIchthyosaurCarnivore

Aegirosaurus

Dolphin-shaped sea reptiles: fast swimmers with huge eyes that gave birth to live young at sea instead of laying eggs on land.

Who it is related to: A branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs; exactly where it sits on the family tree is still debated.

This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.

Scientific details

Group
Ichthyosaurs
Family
Ophthalmosauridae
When it lived
132.6–149.2 million years ago
Geologic stages
Tithonian – Valanginian
Named by
Bardet and Fernandez, 2000
Fossil occurrences
3 sites

Countries with fossils

  • Germany
  • France

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata