Genus
Valid Extinct

Parvinatator

Nicholls and Brinkman 1995

Parvinatator is an extinct genus of small ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Early to Middle Triassic. Its fossils have been found in British Columbia, Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Parvinatator
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A simple paleoart reconstruction of the basal ichthyosaur parvinatator. © He who needs to be silenced · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Parvinatator
Parvinatator
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Parvinatatoridae Family
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Parvinatator Genus
Measurements
Length
1 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (247–241.464 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Parvinatator wapitiensis 249 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗