Pervushovisaurus

Pervushovisaurus
Temporal range: Cenomanian
P. campylodon snout fragment, the lectotype specimen of the species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Ichthyosauria
Family: †Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily: †Platypterygiinae
Genus: †Pervushovisaurus
Arkhangelsky, 1998
Species
  • †P. bannovkensis Arkhangelsky, 1998 (Type)
  • †P. campylodon (Carter, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Ichthyosaurus campylodon Carter, 1846
  • Platypterygius kiprijanoffi Romer, 1968

Pervushovisaurus is a genus of platypterygiine ichthyosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Melovatka Formation in the Saratov region in western Russia, the La Penthiève Beds of France and the Cambridge area of the UK.

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