Genus: Aegirosaurus BARDET & FERNANDEZ, 2000
Etymology: From Aegir, god of the oceans and the seashores in the Germanic and Scandinavian mythology, and Greek, sauros, "lizard": Aegir’s lizard.
= Genus: Nova? BARDET & FERNANDEZ, 2000

Species: leptospondylus (WAGNER, 1853) BARDET & FERNANDEZ, 2000
Etymology: Greek, lepto, "slender, thin" and Greek, spondylus, "vertebrae.
= Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus WAGNER, 1853
= Macropterygius leptospondylus (WAGNER, 1853) HUENE, 1922

Holotype: Haberlein specimen, Munich State Museum, Oberndorfer specimen.

Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Lithographic limestone, Solnhofen.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Fragments of both jaws, a sclerotic ring, a quadrate, 6 teeth, a scapula, several vertebrae, ribs and paddle elements.
Note: Destroyed during WWII

Neotype: SM

Locality: Schrandel quarry district, South of langenaltheim, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Solnhofen

Biostratigraphy: Malm Zeta 2b.

Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Latest Jurassic.

Material: Almost complete specimen with soft tissue impressions.

Referred material:

Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Lithographic limestone, Solnhofen.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

BMNH 42833: A partial skull.

 

BARTHEL, SWINBURNE, & MORRIS, 1990

Locality: Steinbruch am Geisberg quarry, Apfeltal, South of Solnhofen, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Solnhofen.

Biostratigraphy: Malm Zeta 2b.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

BSPHGM 1954 I 608: Skull and fragmentary skeleton of a juvenile.

 

= Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus FRAAS, 1891

Locality: Kelheim, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Solnhofen limestone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Munich State Museum: Vertebra.

 

FRICKHINGER, 1994

Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Solnhofen.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Private Collection: Fragmentary skeleton.

FRICKHINGER, 1999

Private collection: Fragmentary specimen.

 


Locality: Solnhofen, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Solnhofen.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Museum Schwegler: Skull, dentaries and fragmentary skeleton.

 

= Ichthyosaurus trigonus var posthumus BAUR, 1898 (nomen dubium)
Etymology:
= Macropterygius trigonus var posthumus (BAUR, 1898) (nomen dubium)

Holotype: Munich State Museum

Locality: Solnhofen, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Lithographic limestone, Solnhofen.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: An incomplete specimen, skull elements, vertebrae, ribs, parts of pectoral and pelvic girdles.
Note: Destroyed during WWII.