Hudsonelpidia

Hudsonelpidia
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 210Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Ichthyosauria
Node: †Parvipelvia
Family: †Hudsonelpidiidae
MacGowan & Motani, 2003
Genus: †Hudsonelpidia
MacGowan, 1995
Species: † H. brevirostris
Binomial name
Hudsonelpidia brevirostris
MacGowan, 1995

Hudsonelpidia is an extinct genus of small parvipelvian ichthyosaur known from British Columbia of Canada.[1]

Description

Hudsonelpidia is known only from the holotype, a nearly complete skeleton which preserved the skull. It was collected in the Jewitt Spur locality from the Pardonet Formation, dating to the middle Norian stage of the Late Triassic, about 210 million years ago. It was found on the northern shore of the Peace Reach branch of Williston Lake.[1] Hudsonelpidia has a very stable position in many cladistic analyses.[2][3] The family Hudsonelpidiidae was named by McGowan and Motani in 2003 to include this genus.[4]

Etymology

Hudsonelpidia was named by Chris McGowan in 1995 and the type species is Hudsonelpidia brevirostris.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chris McGowan (1995). "A remarkable small ichthyosaur from the Upper Triassic of British Columbia, representing a new genus and species". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32 (3): 292–303. doi:10.1139/e95-024.
  2. ↑ Ryosuke Motani (1999). "Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 (3): 472–495.
  3. ↑ Michael W. Maisch and Andreas T. Matzke (2000). "The Ichthyosauria" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde: Serie B 298: 1–159.
  4. ↑ McGowan C, Motani R. 2003. Ichthyopterygia. – In: Sues, H.-D. (ed.): Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 8, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 175 pp., 101 figs., 19 plts; München