Parvinatator

Parvinatator
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Ichthyopterygia
Family: Parvinatatoridae
McGowan and Motani, 2003
Genus: Parvinatator
Nicholls and Brinkman, 1995
Type species
Parvinatator wapitiensis
Nicholls and Brinkman, 1995

Parvinatator, from Latin, “parvus” little and “natator” swimmer, is an extinct genus of small ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Early to Middle Triassic. Its fossils have been found in British Columbia, Canada.