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Pessopteryx nisseri ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8511478https://www.gbif.org/species/8511478
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)170853https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=170853
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Merriamosauridae : Pessopteryx : Pessopteryx nisseri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauria : Merriamosauridae : Pessopteryx : Pessopteryx nisseri
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-IchthyosauromorphaMotani et al. 2015
-IchthyosauriformesMotani et al. 2015
-Ichthyopterygia
-EoichthyosauriaMotani 1999
-Ichthyosauria
-HueneosauriaMaisch and Matzke 2000
-MerriamosauriaMotani 1999
familyMerriamosauridaeMaisch and Matzke 2003
genusPessopteryxWiman 1910
speciesPessopteryx nisseriWiman 1910
Generic NamePessopteryx
Scientific NamePessopteryx nisseri Wiman, 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pessopteryx nisserispeciesbelongs to Pessopteryxstated with evidenceWiman, 1910
Pessopteryx nisserispeciesnomen dubium Besanosaurusstated with evidenceMcGowan and Motani, 2003
Pessopteryx nisserispeciesbelongs to Pessopteryxstated with evidenceMaisch, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Ichthyosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ichthyosauria)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ichthyosauria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Ichthyosauria)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Ichthyosauria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Pessopteryx arctica Wiman, 1910GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Merriamosauridae : Pessopteryx : Pessopteryx arctica

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Omphalosaurus nisseri Wiman
1910Pessopteryx nisseri Wiman figs. Pl. 8
2010Pessopteryx nisseri Maisch
2013Pessopteryx nisseri Maxwell and Kear

References

Motani R. (1999) Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 3, 473-496
Maisch M. W. (2010) Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art, Palaeodiversity 3, 151-214
Maxwell E. E., Kear B. P. (2013) Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblages of the Svalbard archipelago: a reassessment of taxonomy and distribution, GFF [Journal of the Geological Society of Sweden] 135 1, 85-94 doi:10.1080/11035897.2012.759145
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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