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- equivalent to Protorosauria include Prolacertiformes and Prolacertilia. Protorosaurs are distinguished by their long necks formed by elongated cervical vertebrae...
- were known as protorosaurs, which is likely a paraphyletic group rather than a true clade. Tanystropheids were a family of protorosaurs which elevated...
- (meaning "terrible-headed reptile") is a genus of long necked, aquatic protorosaur that inhabited the Tri****ic seas of China. The genus contains the type...
- Amotosaurus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid protorosaur from the earliest Middle Tri****ic (early Anisian stage) of Black Forest, southwestern Germany...
- 215 million years ago, a variety of basal archosauromorphs, including the protorosaurs, became extinct. This was followed by the Tri****ic–Jur****ic extinction...
- reptiles that lived throughout the Tri****ic Period, often considered to be "protorosaurs". They are characterized by their long, stiff necks formed from elongated...
- many long-necked Tri****ic archosauromorphs previously described as "protorosaurs" or "prolacertiforms". Tanystropheus contains at least two valid species...
- hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other "protorosaurs", and its implications for the early evolution of stem archosaurs". PeerJ...
- debatable whether this order is valid. Features that are common to most "protorosaurs" like Macrocnemus include the ankle having a hooked fifth metatarsal...
- hypotheses for the relations of Cosesaurus generally agree that it is a "protorosaur", specifically a tanystropheid closely related to long-necked reptiles...