Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combination: Palvennia hoybergeti
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
Belongs to Arthropterygius according to N. G. Zverkov and N. E. Prilepskaya 2019
See also Druckenmiller et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Arthropterygius chrisorum, Arthropterygius lundi, Arthropterygius thalassonotus, Arthropterygius volgensis
Type specimen: SVB 1451, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skull, atlas/axis complex, proximal and distal portions of a humerus and isolated distal limb elements and several disarticulated dorsal ribs.). Its type locality is North side of Janusfjellet (Palvennia hoybergeti type), which is in a Tithonian deep-water mudstone in the Agardhfjellet Formation of Norway.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at North side of Janusfjellet (Palvennia hoybergeti type)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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