Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Grippiidae
Parent taxon: Ichthyosauria according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and McGowan and Motani 2003
Sister taxa: Baracromia, Cetarthrosaurus, Ghuizhouichthyosaurus, Guanlingichthyosaurus, Hueneosauria, Ichthyosauroidea, Ichthyosaurus australis, Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon, Ichthyosaurus strombecki, Isfjordosaurus, Latipinnatoidea, Longipinnatoidea, Mixosauria, Naanchangasaurus, Omphalosauridae, Parvinatatoridae, Parvipelvia, Pessosaurus, Proteosauridae, Quasianosteosauridae, Rachitrema, Shastosauroidea, Sphaerodontes, Stenopterygius grandis, Thaisauridae, Thunnosauria, Utatsusauridae
Subtaxa: Chaohusaurus Grippia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (6), Norway (2), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences