Species
Valid Extinct

Nannopterygius saveljeviensis

(Arkhangelsky 1997)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Baracromia Unranked clade
Ophthalmosauridae Family
Nannopterygius Genus
Nannopterygius saveljeviensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
2
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Synonyms (1)
Nannopterygius kabanovi subjective synonym of Nannopterygius saveljeviensis
Bibliography
Original description
M. S. Arkhangelsky. 1997. On a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Lower Volgian substage of the Saratov, Volga Region. Paleontological Journal 21(1):87-91
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