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Parvinatator

Reptilia - Parvinatatoridae

Taxonomy
Parvinatator was named by Nicholls and Brinkman (1995). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ichthyopterygia by Motani (1999); to Ichthyosauria by Maisch and Matzke (2000); and to Parvinatatoridae by McGowan and Motani (2003) and Maisch (2010).

Species
P. wapitiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Parvinatator Nicholls and Brinkman
1999Parvinatator Motani p. 476
2000Parvinatator Maisch and Matzke pp. 62, 94
2003Parvinatator McGowan and Motani
2010Parvinatator Maisch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
familyParvinatatoridae
genusParvinatatorNicholls and Brinkman 1995

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Parvinatator Nicholls and Brinkman 1995
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†Parvinatator wapitiensis Nicholls and Brinkman 1995
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000"Very small ichthyosaur with isodontous, conical teeth, lower jaw very high with long processus retroarticularis, very deep jugal-quadratojugal notch, very long and slender processus quadratus of quadratojugal, processus postorbitalis of jugal very long, small neomorphous element distal to pisiform."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Ladinian or 251.30000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Ladinian251.3 - 237.0Canada (British Columbia) P. wapitiensis (196984)