Grippia

Grippia
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Grippidia
Family: Grippiidae
Genus: Grippia
Wiman, 1930
Species:
G. longirostris
Binomial name
Grippia longirostris
Wiman, 1929

Grippia is a genus of early ichthyopterygian, an extinct group of reptiles that resembled dolphins. Its only species is Grippia longirostris. It was a relatively small ichthyopterygian, measuring around 1–1.5 metres (3.3–4.9 ft) long.[1] Fossil remains from Svalbard from the specimen SVT 203 were originally assigned to G. longirostris but are now thought to have belonged to a non-ichthyopterygian diapsid related to Helveticosaurus.[2][3]

  1. ^ Ren, Jicheng; Jiang, Haishui; Xiang, Kunpeng; Sullivan, Corwin; He, Yongzhong; Cheng, Long; Han, Fenglu (2022-04-07). "A new basal ichthyosauromorph from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Zhebao, Guangxi Autonomous Region, South China". PeerJ. 10: e13209. doi:10.7717/peerj.13209. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8995025. PMID 35415016.
  2. ^ Mazin, J.-M. (1981). "Grippia longirostris Wiman, 1929, un Ichthyopterygia primitif du Trias inférieur du Spitsberg". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 4: 317–340.
  3. ^ Motani, R (2000). "Skull of Grippia longirostris: no contradiction with a diapsid affinity for the Ichthyopterygia". Palaeontology. 43 (1): 1–14. Bibcode:2000Palgy..43....1M. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00115.