Hudsonelpidia
Name:
Hudsonelpidia.
Phonetic: Hud-son-el-pid-e-ah.
Named By: Chris McGowan - 1995.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Parvipelvia, Hudsonelpidiidae.
Species: H. brevirostris
(type).
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Canada - British Columbia -
Pardonet Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and almost complete
skeleton.
Hudsonelpidia is a little known ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic. Like with its relatives, Hudsonelpidia was probably a hunter of fish and other small marine organisms.
Further reading
- A remarkable small
ichthyosaur from the Upper Triassic of British Columbia, representing a
new genus and species. - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 32 (3):
292–303. - Chris McGowan - 1995.
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