- 2011-09-28. Rieppel, O.; Sander, P.M.; Storrs, G.W. (2002). "The
skull of the
pistosaur Augustasaurus from the
Middle Tri****ic of
northwestern Nevada" (PDF)....
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closer to Plesiosauria. A
recent cladistic analysis found it to be a
pistosaur. It was
relatively large animal, with more than 3 m (9.8 ft) in length...
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outside Neoplesiosauria, but
still within Plesiosauria. The
early Carnian pistosaur Bobosaurus was
found to be one step more
advanced than
Augustasaurus in...
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Yunguisaurus is an
extinct genus of
pistosaur known from the
Guizhou Province of China.
Yunguisaurus is
known from the
holotype NMNS 004529/F003862, an...
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earliest marine reptiles,
including several genera of
ichthyosaurs and a
pistosaur.
Other fossils include bony fish,
hybodont sharks, and
invertebrates with...
- habitats.
Plesiosauroids evolved from earlier,
similar forms such as
pistosaurs.
There are a
number of
families of plesiosauroids,
which retain the same...
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several Tri****ic
marine reptiles such as tanystropheids, thalattosaurs,
pistosaurs, and plesiosaurs. Squamates, the
group containing modern lizards and snakes...
- of the
earliest marine reptile communities including Ichthyosaurs and
Pistosaurs.
Other fossils from this unit
include invertebrates such as ceratitid...
- Trans-Panthal****a
connections are also
observed in
other Tri****ic
marine life such as
pistosaurs and ammonites.
Evidently thalattosaurs were
capable of
dispersing throughout...
- Rieppel; P.
Martin Sander;
Glenn W.
Storrs (2002). "The
skull of the
pistosaur Augustasaurus from the
Middle Tri****ic of
northwestern Nevada". Journal...
