Genus
Valid Extinct

Nannopterygius

Huene 1923

Nannopterygius is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Fossils are known from England, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Norway and six species are currently assigned to the genus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Nannopterygius
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Fossil of Nannopterygius, an extinct reptile-- Took the photo at Natural History Museum, London © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Nannopterygius Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Kimmeridge Clay
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (3)
Nannopterygius enthekiodon 155 Ma
Nannopterygius kabanovi subjective synonym of Nannopterygius saveljeviensis 149 Ma
Nannopterygius saveljeviensis 149 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliography (2)
N. G. Zverkov and M. L. Jacobs. 2021. Revision of Nannopterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae): reappraisal of the ‘inaccessible’ holotype resolves a taxonomic tangle and reveals an obscure ophthalmosaurid lineage with a wide distribution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(2):228-275 DOI ↗
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