Grendelius

Grendelius
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Skull of G. mordax at the Sedgwick Museum in Cambridge
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Ichthyosauria
Family: †Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: †Grendelius
McGowan, 1976
Species
  • †G. alekseevi (Arkangelsky, 2001) [originally Otschevia]
  • †G. mordax McGowan, 1976 (Type)
  • †G. pseudoscythicus (Efimov, 1998) [originally Otschevia]
  • †G. zhuravlevi (Arkangelsky, 1998)
Synonyms

Otschevia Efimov, 1998

Grendelius is a genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) of the UK and European Russia. It was a medium-sized ichthyosaur measuring about 4 metres (13 ft) long.

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