Grippia was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Grippia lived during the Early Triassic, with fossils found in Europe and North America.

All the Grippia illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Grippia was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • C. Wiman. 1929. Eine neue Reptilien-Ordnung aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Upsala 22:183-196
  • D. B. Brinkman, Z. Xijin, and E. L. Nicholls. 1992. A primitive ichthyosaur from the Lower Triassic of British Columbia, Canada. Palaeontology 35(2):465-474
  • J. M. Mazin and P. M. Sander. 1993. Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic ichthyopterygia. Paleontologia Lombarda 2:93-107