Genus
Valid Extinct

Hudsonelpidia

McGowan 1995

Hudsonelpidia is an extinct genus of small parvipelvian ichthyosaur known from British Columbia of Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Hudsonelpidia
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Wikimedia
Hudsonelpidia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Parvipelvia Unranked clade
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Hudsonelpidia Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
2
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Hudsonelpidia brevirostris 237 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliography (2)
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗
C. McGowan. 1995. A remarkable small ichthyosaur from the Upper Triassic of British Columbia, representing a new genus and species. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32(3):292-303 DOI ↗