Genus: Grendelius McGOWAN, 1976
Etymology: For Grendel, a monster in the Beowulf epic, who came from he Fens
in the Region of the Oxford Clas, England, where the fossil was found.
Species: mordax McGOWAN, 1976
Etymology: Latin, mordax, "bitting."
Holotype: SMC J68516
Locality: Great Ouse Folld Relief Channel, about 100m south of the bridge at Stowbridge, 12 km south of King's Lynn, Norfolk County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Kimmeridge Clay.
Biostratigraphy: Pectinatites wheatleyensis zone.
Age: Early Volgian, Tithonian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Skull, isolated centra, ribs and some girdle fragments.
Referred material:
TAYLOR, & CRUICKSHANK, 1993
Locality: Eastern end of the Kimmeridge Ledges, National grid reference SY 9387 7729, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Volgian, Tithonian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
BRSMG Ce16696: Partial skeleton.
Species:
pseudoscythicus
(EFIMOV, 1997) ZVERKOV,
ARKHANGELSKY, & STENSHIN, 2015
= Ostchevia pseudoscythica EFIMOV, 1997
Etymology: From the pseudoscythica Zone, where the fossils of the ichthyosaur
were found.
= Brachypterygius pseudoscythicus (EFIMOV, 1997) MAISCH & MATZKE, 2000
Holotype: PMU 3/100
Locality: Right bank of the River Volga, 8 km to the east of the Village of Novaya Beden’ga of Ulyanovsk District, Ulyanovsk Region, European Russia.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Ilowaiskya pseudoscythica Zone.
Age: Lower Substage, Volgian, Tithonian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Occipital region, pariteials, nasals, jaw bones, teeth, pectoral girdle, forelimbs, vertebral column, (60 vertebrae).
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Species: zhuravlevi (ARKHANGELSKY,
1998)
ZVERKOV,
ARKHANGELSKY, & STENSHIN, 2015
Etymology: In honor of K. I. Zhuravlev.
= Brachypterygius zhuravlevi ARKHANGELSKY,
1998
= Otschevia zhuravlevi (ARKHANGELSKY, 1998) ARKHANGELSKY, 2000
Holotype: PIN no. 426/60-76
Locality: Savel’evskii Shale Mine near the village of Gorni, Krasnopartizanskii District, Saratov Region, European Russia.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Dorsoplanites panderi Zone.
Age: Middle Substage of the Volgian, Tithonian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Left humerus with the elements of the epipodium and autopodium.
Referred material:
ARKHANGELSKY, 2000
Locality: Kashpirskoe Pyroshale Field (Mine no. 3), Syzranskii District, Samara Region, European Russia.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Lower part of the Dorsoplanites panderi Zone.
Age: Middle Substage of the Volgian, Tithonian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
SRM Hb 30192: Occipital doncyles, fragmentary lower jaw, incomplete vertebral column, fragmentary ribs, both humeri, elements of epipodium and autopodium and right femur of one individual.
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Species: alekseevi (ARKHANGELSKY, 2001
ZVERKOV,
ARKHANGELSKY, & STENSHIN, 2015
Etymology: In honor of the late geologist A. V. Alekseev from Ulyanovsk.
= Otschevia alekseevi ARKHANGELSKY, 2001
Holotype: Ulyanovsk Regional Musum, YKM (old URM) 56702
Locality: Right bank of the Volga River, 18 km north of Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk District, Ulyanovsk Region, European Russia.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Dorosplanites panderi Zone.
Age: Volgian, Tithonian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Fragmentary skull, humeral girdle, forelimbs, vertebral column (60
vertebrae) and ribs.