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AEGIROSAURUS
(ay-ge-er-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Aegir lizard"
Aegirosaurus
Named By: Bardet & Fernandez in 2000
Time Period: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, Tithonian-Valanginian
Location: Germany, France
Size: Under 2 meters long
Diet: Piscivore/carnivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Ichthyosauria | Ophthalmosauridae | Platypterygiinae |
Also known as: | Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus |
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Aegirosaurus is an extinct genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe.

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