Palvennia Druckenmiller et al. 2012 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: P. S. Druckenmiller, J. H. Hurum, E. M. Knutsen and H. A. Nakrem. 2012. Two new ophthalmosaurids (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Upper Jurassic: Volgian/Tithonian), Svalbard, Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:311-339

Parent taxon: Ophthalmosaurinae according to A. J. Robert et al. 2014

See also Druckenmiller et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Acamptonectes, Cryopterygius, Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis, Jabalisaurus, Janusaurus, Leninia, Mollesaurus, Ophthalmosaurus, Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis, Paraophthalmosaurus, Undorosaurus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palvennia in the database

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