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clade of
primitive sauropterygian reptiles from the Tri****ic period.
Pachypleurosaurs vaguely resembled aquatic lizards, with
elongate forms ranging in size...
- skeletons,
making them po****r
among collectors. Keichousaurus, and the
pachypleurosaur family broadly, are
sometimes classified within Nothosauroidea, but...
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Nothosauridae and Simosauridae),
which may have
evolved from
pachypleurosaurs. The
relation of
pachypleurosaurs to
Nothosauroidea is uncertain, as
several analyses...
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marine reptiles.
These included the Sauropterygia,
which featured pachypleurosaurs and
nothosaurs (both
common during the
Middle Tri****ic, especially...
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Serpianosaurus (meaning "Serpiano lizard") is an
extinct genus of
pachypleurosaurs known from the
Middle Tri****ic (late
Anisian and
early Ladinian stages)...
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usually classified as a nothosaur, but has also been
considered a
pachypleurosaur or a more
primitive form of sauropterygia.
Simosaurus grew from 3 to...
- mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, and Sauropterygia, a
group that
includes pachypleurosaurs and Plesiosauria. A****ual
reproduction has been
identified in squamates...
- ("swimming lizard"), is an
extinct genus of
marine reptile belonging to the
pachypleurosaurs, from Italy,
Switzerland and Germany.
Neusticosaurus was one of the...
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Dianmeisaurus is an
extinct genus of
pachypleurosaur from the
Middle Tri****ic
Guanling Formation in China. The type
species is D. gracilis. An additional...
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Along with Anarosaurus,
Dactylosaurus was one of the
earliest known pachypleurosaurs to come from Europe.
Dactylosaurus comes from the Gr****
daktulos (δακτυλος)...