Pessopteryx nisseri

Wiman 1910

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ichtyosaures

Carnivore nektonic Marine

🦴

PBDB ↗

Classification

Ichthyosauria Unranked clade

›

Hueneosauria Unranked clade

›

Merriamosauria Unranked clade

›

Merriamosauridae Family

›

Pessopteryx Genus

›

Pessopteryx nisseri Species

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇸🇯 SJ

Geological formations

Vikinghøgda

Temporal distribution

Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)

Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)

Synonyms (1)

Omphalosaurus nisseri subjective synonym of Pessopteryx nisseri

Bibliography

Original description

R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗

Bibliography (2)

M. W. Maisch. 2010. Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art. Palaeodiversity 3:151-214

V. de Buffrenil and J. M. Mazin. 1990. Bone histology of the ichthyosaurs: comparative data and functional interpretation. Paleobiology 16(4):435-447