Brachypterygius was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Brachypterygius lived during the Late Jurassic, with fossils found in Europe.
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Brachypterygius was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- C. McGowan. 1976. The description and phenetic relationships of a new ichthyosaur genus from the Upper Jurassic of England. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 13(5):668-683
- C. McGowan. 1997. The taxonomic status of the Late Triassic ichthyosaur Grendelius mordax: a preliminary report. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2):428-430
- E. M. Knutsen, P. S. Druckenmiller, and J. H. Hurum. 2012. Two new species of long-necked plesiosaurians (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Jurassic (Middle Volgian) Agardhfjellet Formation of central Spitsbergen. Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:187-212
