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Another reptile groupIchthyosaurCarnivore

Pessopteryx

Dolphin-shaped sea reptiles: fast swimmers with huge eyes that gave birth to live young at sea instead of laying eggs on land.

Who it is related to: A branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs; exactly where it sits on the family tree is still debated.

This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.

Scientific details

Group
Ichthyosaurs
Family
Merriamosauridae
When it lived
241.464–248.6 million years ago
Geologic stages
Unknown
Named by
Motani, 1999
Fossil occurrences
2 sites

Countries with fossils

  • Svalbard & Jan Mayen

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata