Genus
Valid Extinct

Pervushovisaurus

Arkhangelsky 1998

Pervushovisaurus is a genus of platypterygiine ichthyosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Melovatka Formation in the Saratov region in western Russia, the La Penthiève Beds of France and the Cambridge area of the UK.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
13
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Pervushovisaurus
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Designated lectotype for Pervushovisaurus campylodon (Carter, 1846a), CAMSM B20659. (A) Mid-snout fragment in right lateral view, showing the diagenetically deformed dentary teeth. (B) Same fragment in dorsolateral view. © Valentin Fischer · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Baracromia Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae Family
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Platypterygiinae Subfamily
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Pervushovisaurus Genus
Fossil sites 13 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
6
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5
🇷🇺 Russia
1
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
West Melbury Marly Chalk
5
La Penthiève Beds
1
Melovatskaya
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
4
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
9
Species (2)
Pervushovisaurus bannovkensis 101 Ma
Pervushovisaurus campylodon 113 Ma
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 (8)
V. Fischer. 2016. Taxonomy of Platypterygius campylodon and the diversity of the last ichthyosaurs. PeerJ 4:e2604 DOI ↗
H.-A. Blain, G. Pennetier, and E. Pennetier. 2003. Présence du genre Platypterygius (Ichthyosauria, Reptilia) dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Villers-sur-Mer (Normandie, France). L’Echo des Falaises 7:35-49
F. A. Wittler. 2001. Ein Ichthyosaurier aus dem Cenoman des Munsterlandes. Arbeitskreis Paläontologie Hannover 29:76-81
G. W. Storrs, M. S. Arkhangel'skii, and V. M. Efimov. 2000. Mesozoic marine reptiles of Russia and other former Soviet republics. The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia
K. P. Oakley. 1947. Fossil and sub-fossil vertebrates. Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society 22(5):239-246
C. Barrois. 1875. Les reptiles du terrain crétacé du N.-E. du bassin de Paris [The reptiles of the Cretaceous terrain of the NE of the Paris Basin]. Bulletin Scientifique, Historique et Littéraire du Département du Nord et des Pays Voisins 7(4–5):73-83
R. Etheridge. 1867. On the stratigraphical position of Acanthopholis horridus (Huxley). Geological Magazine 4:67-69 DOI ↗
J. Carter. 1846. On the occurrence of a new species of Ichthyosaurus in the Chalk. London Geological Journal 1:7-9