Grendelius

Grendelius
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
Life restoration of Grendelius zhuravlevi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Ichthyosauria
Family: †Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: †Grendelius
McGowan, 1976
Species
  • †G. alekseevi (Arkangelsky, 2001) [originally Otschevia]
  • †G. mordax McGowan, 1976 (Type)
  • †G. pseudoscythicus (Efimov, 1998) [originally Otschevia]
  • †G. zhuravlevi (Arkangelsky, 1998)
Synonyms

Otschevia Efimov, 1998

Grendelius is a genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) of the UK and European Russia. It was a medium-sized ichthyosaur measuring about 4 metres (13 ft) long.[1]

  1. ^ Zverkov, N. G.; Arkhangelsky, M. S.; Stenshin, I. M. (2015). "A review of Russian Upper Jurassic ichthyosaurs with an intermedium/humeral contact. Reassessing Grendelius McGowan, 1976". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute. 318 (4): 558–588. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2015.319.4.558.