Genus
Valid Extinct

Grippia

Wiman 1929

Grippia is a genus of early ichthyopterygian, an extinct group of reptiles that resembled dolphins. Its only species is Grippia longirostris. It was a relatively small ichthyopterygian, measuring around 1–1.5 metres (3.3–4.9 ft) long. Fossil remains from Svalbard from the specimen SVT 203 were originally assigned to G. longirostris but are now thought to have belonged to a non-ichthyopterygian diapsid related to Helveticosaurus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Grippia
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Grippia longirostris © Dmitry Bogdanov · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Grippiidae Family
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Grippia Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇴 Norway
2
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Vikinghøgda
1
Sulphur Mountain
1
Sticky Keep
1
Temporal distribution
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Grippia longirostris 250 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
C. Wiman. 1929. Eine neue Reptilien-Ordnung aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Upsala 22:183-196
Bibliography (3)
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