Back Ichthyosaurus Afrikaans إكصور Arabic Ictiosaure (gènere) Catalan Ichthyosaurus Czech Ichthyosaurus German Iktiosaŭro Esperanto Ichthyosaurus Spanish Iktiosauro Basque ماهیخزنده Persian Ichthyosaurus Finnish
| Ichthyosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Possible Late Triassic (Rhaetian) record, but yet to be confirmed[1]
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| Fossil specimen of I. somersetensis at Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK PV OR 2013) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ichthyosauridae |
| Genus: | †Ichthyosaurus De la Beche & Conybeare, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| †Ichthyosaurus communis De la Beche & Conybeare, 1822
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Ichthyosaurus (derived from Greek ἰχθύς (ichthys) meaning 'fish' and σαῦρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard') is a genus of ichthyosaurs from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian - Pliensbachian[3]), with possible Late Triassic record,[1] from Europe (Belgium, England, Germany, Switzerland, and Portugal[4]). It is among the best known ichthyosaur genera, as it is the type genus of the order Ichthyosauria.[5][6][7]
- ^ a b Lomax, D.R. (2019). "A revision of Ichthyosaurus (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria)" (PDF). The University of Manchester: Manchester eScholar. pp. 1–414. S2CID 210305170.
- ^ a b Dean R. Lomax; Judy A. Massare (2017). "Two new species of Ichthyosaurus from the lowermost Jurassic (Hettangian) of Somerset, England". Papers in Palaeontology. 3 (1): 1–20. Bibcode:2017PPal....3....1L. doi:10.1002/spp2.1065. S2CID 89567182.
- ^ Dean R. Lomax (2010). "An Ichthyosaurus (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) with gastric contents from Charmouth, England: First report of the genus from the Pliensbachian". Paludicola. 8 (1): 22–36.
- ^ Sousa, João; Mateus, Octávio (9 September 2021). "The southernmost occurrence of Ichthyosaurus from the Sinemurian of Portugal". Fossil Record. 24 (2): 287–294. Bibcode:2021FossR..24..287S. doi:10.5194/fr-24-287-2021. hdl:10362/131844. ISSN 2193-0066. S2CID 239059696.
- ^ Maisch MW, Matzke AT. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298: 1-159
- ^ McGowan C, Motani R. 2003. Ichthyopterygia. – In: Sues, H.-D. (ed.): Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 8, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 175 pp., 101 figs., 19 plts; München
- ^ Maisch MW, Reisdorf AG, Schlatter R, Wetzel A. 2008. A large skull of Ichthyosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of Frick (NW Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101: 617-627.