Arthropterygius was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Arthropterygius lived during the Late Jurassic, with fossils found in Europe, South America and North America.
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Arthropterygius was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. J. Robert, P. S. Druckenmiller, and G. -P. Saetre, J. H. Hurum. 2014. A new Upper Jurassic ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of central Spitsbergen. PLoS One 9(8):1-24
- D. A. Russell. 1993. Jurassic marine reptiles from Cape Grassy, Melville Island, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 450:195-201
- E. E. Maxwell. 2010. Generic reassignment of an ichthyosaur from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):403-415
