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HAUFFIOPTERYX
(hawf-fe-op-teh-ricks)
meaning: "Hauff's wing"
Hauffiopteryx
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 |
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Hauffiopteryx is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur known from Germany, Luxembourg and Somerset of the United Kingdom.

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