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- equivalent to Protorosauria include Prolacertiformes and Prolacertilia. Protorosaurs are distinguished by their long necks formed by elongated cervical vertebrae...
- (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...
- ancestry among the basal Archosauromorpha, specifically long-necked forms ("protorosaurs") such as tanystropheids. A placement among basal archosauriforms like...
- were known as protorosaurs, which is likely a paraphyletic group rather than a true clade. Tanystropheids were a family of protorosaurs which elevated...
- 215 million years ago, a variety of basal archosauromorphs, including the protorosaurs, became extinct. This was followed by the Tri****ic–Jur****ic extinction...
- 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...
- helped name Amotosaurus, a tanystropheid protorosaur from the Middle Tri****ic in Germany; Fuyuansaurus, a protorosaur reptile from the Middle Tri****ic in China;...
- Proceratosaurus Procerosaurussubsequently found to be a tanystropheid protorosaur, Tanystropheus "Procerosaurus" – preoccupied name, now known as Ponerosteus...
- reptiles that lived throughout the Tri****ic Period, often considered to be "protorosaurs". They are characterized by their long, stiff necks formed from elongated...