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Ichthyosaurus (derived from Greek ἰχθύς (ichthys) meaning 'fish' and σαῦρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard') is a genus of ichthyosaurs from the Early Jurassic

scientifically described. In 1822, the specimen was assigned to the genus Ichthyosaurus by William Conybeare, and more precisely to the species I. platyodon

fourth one. The type species was Ichthyosaurus communis, based on a lost skeleton. Conybeare considered that Ichthyosaurus had priority relative to Proteosaurus

"Ichthyosaurus" posthumus is a species of ichthyosaurs known from the Late Jurassic (early Tithonian age) Solnhofen Formation of Bavaria, Germany. Though

of Ichthyosaurus, I. quadriscissus. Otto Jaekel in 1904 reassigned it to its own genus, Stenopterygius. The type species is therefore Ichthyosaurus quadriscissus

originally named as a species of Ichthyosaurus. Originally described by Wagner (1853) as a species of the genus Ichthyosaurus (I. leptospondylus), the species

lower jaw and covered with up and downwards-pointing teeth. The name Ichthyosaurus longirostris was first published by Mantell in 1851 in a guide to the

ichthyosaurs, such as Ichthyosaurus. Baur named Mixosaurus as a new genus because its forefin was sufficiently different from that of Ichthyosaurus. Numerous species

also referred to Pervushovisaurus after previously being allied with Ichthyosaurus in 1846. A previous Russian species of Platypterygius, "P." kiprianoffi

Excalibosaurus? Leptonectes Wahlisaurus? Thunnosauria Ichthyosauridae Ichthyosaurus Malawania? Protoichthyosaurus? Baracromia Chacaicosaurus? Gadusaurus