Parvinatator
Name:
Parvinatator
(Little swimmer).
Phonetic: Par-vin-a-ta-tor.
Named By: Nicholls and Brinkman - 1995.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria.
Species: P. wapitiensis
(type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Canada - British Columbia -
Sulphur Mountain Formation.
Time period: Triassic.
Fossil representation: At least one specimen.
Parvinatator is a little known Triassic age ichthyosaur from British Columbia. The primitive form of Parvinatator reveals that it was similar to other primitive forms such as Utatsusaurus.
Further reading
- A new ichthyosaur from the
Triassic Sulphur Mountain formation of British Columbia. by E. Nicholls
& D. Brinkman. - In, Vertebrate fossils and the evolution of
scientific concepts: 521–535, W. A. S. Sarjeant (ed.). - 1995.
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