Argovisaurus
Sign in to saveArgovisaurus (meaning "Aargau lizard") is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurian ichthyosaurs from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Hauptrogenstein Formation of Switzerland. The genus contains a single species, A. martafernandezi, known from a partial skeleton. Argovisaurus was a large ichthyosaur compared to its relatives.
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Argovisaurus (meaning "Aargau lizard") is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurian ichthyosaurs from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Hauptrogenstein Formation of Switzerland. The genus contains a single species, A. martafernandezi, known from a partial skeleton. Argovisaurus was a large ichthyosaur compared to its relatives.
== Discovery and naming == The Argovisaurus holotype specimen, PIMUZ A/III 5279, was discovered and collected before 2004 by Elmar Meier in sediments of the Hauptrogenstein Formation near Auenstein in Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. The specimen consists of a largely disarticulated skeleton, including many vertebral centra and neural arches, ribs, part of both clavicles, and most of the cranium, including the braincase and jaws.