Family
Valid Extinct

Grippiidae

Wiman 1929

Ichthyopterygia was a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1840 to designate the Jurassic ichthyosaurs that were known at the time, but the term is now used more often for both true Ichthyosauria and their more primitive early and middle Triassic ancestors.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
13
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Grippiidae
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Utatsusaurus hataii, an Early Triassic Ichthyosaur from Japan, pencil drawing © Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Grippiidae Family
Fossil sites 13 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
9
🇳🇴 Norway
2
🇨🇦 Canada
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Nanlinghu
3
Vikinghøgda
1
Sulphur Mountain
1
Sticky Keep
1
Prida
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
12
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Palaontologie) 298:1-159
Bibliography (11)
J. Huang, R. Motani, and D. Jiang, A. Tintori, O. Rieppel, M. Zhou, X. Ren, R. Zhang. 2019. The new ichthyosauriform Chaohusaurus brevifemoralis (Reptilia, Ichthyosauromorpha) from Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China. PeerJ 7(e7561) DOI ↗
M. Zhou, D.-Y. Jiang, and R. Motani, A. Tintori, C. Ji, Z.-Y. Sun. 2017. The cranial osteology revealed by three-dimensionally preserved skulls of the Early Triassic ichthyosauriform Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Reptilia: Ichthyosauromorpha) from Anhui, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology DOI ↗
N. P. Kelley, R. Motani, and P. Embree, M. J. Orchard. 2016. A new Lower Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblage from Fossil Hill, Nevada. PeerJ 4(e1626) DOI ↗
R. Motani, D. Y. Jiang, and A. Tintori, O. Rieppel, G. B. Chen. 2014. Terrestrial origin of viviparity in Mesozoic marine reptiles indicated by Early Triassic embryonic fossils. PLoS One 9(2):e88640 DOI ↗
X. Chen, P. M. Sander, and L. Cheng, X. Wang. 2013. A new Triassic primitive ichthyosaur from Yuanan, South China. Acta Geologica Sinica 87(3):672-677
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗
R. Motani and H. You. 1998. The forefin of Chensaurus chaoxianensis (Ichthyosauria) shows delayed mesopodial ossification. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):133-136 DOI ↗
R. Motani, H. You, and C. McGowan. 1996. Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs. Nature 382:347-348 DOI ↗
J. M. Mazin and P. M. Sander. 1993. Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic ichthyopterygia. Paleontologia Lombarda 2:93-107
D. B. Brinkman, Z. Xijin, and E. L. Nicholls. 1992. A primitive ichthyosaur from the Lower Triassic of British Columbia, Canada. Palaeontology 35(2):465-474
C. Wiman. 1929. Eine neue Reptilien-Ordnung aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Upsala 22:183-196