Pessopteryx

Pessopteryx
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Ichthyosauria
Family:Merriamosauridae
Genus:Pessopteryx
Wiman, 1910
Species
  • P. nisseri Wiman, 1910 (type)
  • P. pinguis Wiman, 1910 (type)

Pessopteryx is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Triassic of Svalbard, Norway.[1]

References

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