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.