Pessopteryx

Pessopteryx; Temporal range: Early Triassic, Olenekian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Ichthyosauria
Family:	†Merriamosauridae
Genus:	†Pessopteryx; Wiman, 1910
Species
	†P. nisseri Wiman, 1910 (type);
Synonyms
	Merriamosaurus hulkei Maisch & Matzke, 2002; Omphalosaurus niesseri (Wiman, 1910); Rotundopteryx hulkei Maisch & Matzke, 2000 non Duckhouse, 1999;

Pessopteryx is an extinct genus of

junior synonyms of P. nisseri.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Maisch, M. W. (2010). "Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria – the state of the art" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 3: 151–214.
^ Wiman, C. (1910). "Ichthyosaurier aus der Trias Spitzbergens" [Ichthyosaurs from the Triassic of Spitzbergen] (PDF). Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala (in Swedish). 10: 125–148.
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