-
replacement in a
European pachypleurosaur, with the only
other discovery of such an
event having been made in China.
Pachypleurosaurs were
traditionally included...
-
Nothosauridae and Simosauridae),
which may have
evolved from
pachypleurosaurs. The
relation of
pachypleurosaurs to
Nothosauroidea is uncertain, as
several analyses...
- ("swimming lizard"), is an
extinct genus of
marine reptile belonging to the
pachypleurosaurs, from Italy,
Switzerland and Germany.
Neusticosaurus was one of the...
-
marine reptiles.
These included the Sauropterygia,
which featured pachypleurosaurs and
nothosaurs (both
common during the
Middle Tri****ic, especially...
- (around 60 cm), semi-aquatic lizard-like
animals with long
limbs (
pachypleurosaurs), but they
quickly grew to be
several metres long and
spread into shallow...
-
Along with Anarosaurus,
Dactylosaurus was one of the
earliest known pachypleurosaurs to come from Europe.
Dactylosaurus comes from the Gr****
daktulos (δακτυλος)...
-
related to Keichousaurus,
another Chinese pachypleurosaur. Both
belong to the
family Keichousauridae.
Pachypleurosaurs are
hypothesized to have
originated in...
-
other closely related pachypleurosaurs on the
basis of its
proportionally large skull and
straight jaw. Like many
other pachypleurosaurs, ****ual dimorphism...
- skeletons,
making them po****r
among collectors. Keichousaurus, and the
pachypleurosaur family broadly, are
sometimes classified within Nothosauroidea, but...
-
usually classified as a nothosaur, but has also been
considered a
pachypleurosaur or a more
primitive form of sauropterygia.
Simosaurus grew from 3 to...
