Parvinatator

Parvinatator
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Restoration of its head
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Parvinatatoridae
McGowan and Motani, 2003
Genus: Parvinatator
Nicholls and Brinkman, 1995
Type species
Parvinatator wapitiensis
Nicholls and Brinkman, 1995

Parvinatator is an extinct genus of ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Early Triassic. Its fossils have been found in British Columbia, Canada.[1]

References

  1. Page 521, Vertebrate fossils and the evolution of scientific concepts: writings in tribute to Beverly Halstead; by William Antony S. Sarjeant, and L. B. Halstead. Taylor & Francis, 1995; ISBN 2-88124-996-5 ISBN 978-2-88124-996-9