Marine reptile
Stenopterygius
The largest specimens reached approximately four meters in length.
Stenopterygius preserves some of the most direct clues to the skin and reproduction of an ichthyosaur.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Stenopterygius at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Ichthyosauria
- Ichthyosaurs
- Fossil locations
- France, Germany, England, Switzerland
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Stenopterygius
Some specimens preserve evidence of body fat and contrasting colors on the back and belly. Another fossil shows a female giving birth, providing direct evidence of how this animal reproduced.
The largest specimens reached approximately four meters in length. One specimen shows a female during childbirth. Others provide evidence of body fat and color contrast, details that typically disappear before a fossil is formed.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Stenopterygius
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- Ichthyosauria
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