Named By: | Michael W. Maisch in 2008 |
Time Period: | Early Jurassic, 182.7-181.8 Ma |
Location: | England and Germany |
Size: | Up to around 2 meters long |
Diet: | Piscivore/Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Several specimens of adults and juveniles, at least one of which is so well preserved it includes some soft tissue |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Ichthyosauria | Parvipelvia | |
Also known as: | | Stenopterygius hauffianus | |
Hauffiopteryx is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur known from Germany, Luxembourg and Somerset of the United Kingdom.