Pessopteryx
Pessopteryx Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Merriamosauridae |
Genus: | †Pessopteryx Wiman, 1910 |
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Pessopteryx is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Triassic (Olenekian) of Svalbard, Norway.[1] The genus and two species, P. nisseri and P. pinguis, were named in 1910 by Carl Wiman.[2] Its synonyms are Omphalosaurus nisseri, Merriamosaurus (possibly a separate genus) and Rotundopteryx. The genus Pessopteryx was transferred to the genus Grippia in 1929 but Pessopteryx was later re-separated from Grippia.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b M. W. Maisch. (2010). Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art. Palaeodiversity 3:151-214.
- ^ Wiman. C. (1910) Ichthyosaurs from the Triassic Spitzbergens [in Swedish]. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala 10: 125–148.
Categories:
- Early Triassic ichthyosaurs
- Early Triassic reptiles of Europe
- Fossils of Norway
- Fossil taxa described in 1910
- Ichthyosauromorph genera
- Ichthyosaur stubs