Pervushovisaurus Arkhangelsky 1998 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Fist named as a subgenus: Platypterygius (Pervushovisaurus) bannovkensis by Arkhanglesky 1998 Elevated to generic rank by Fischer et al. 2014

Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to V. Fischer et al. 2014

See also Fischer 2016 and Maisch and Matzke 2000

Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes

Subtaxa: Pervushovisaurus bannovkensis Pervushovisaurus campylodon

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (6 collections), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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