Platypterygius was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Platypterygius lived during the Cretaceous, with fossils found in Europe, Australia, North America, South America and India.
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Platypterygius was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. O. Averianov, E. N. Kurochkin, and E. M. Pervushov, A. V. Ivanov. 2005. Two bone fragments of ornithocheiroid pterosaurs from the Cenomanian of Volgograd Region, southern Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):289-294
- A. S. Gale, W. J. Kennedy, and JA Burnett, M. Caron, BE Kidd. 1996. The late Albian to Early Cenomanian succession at Mount Risou near Rosans (Drôme, SE France): an integrated study (ammonites, inoceramids, planktonic foraminifera, nannofossils, oxygen and carbon isotopes). Cretaceous Research 17:515-606
- A. S. Romer. 1968. An ichthyosaur skull from the Cretaceous of Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 7(1):27-41
