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Sauropterygians are
united by a
radical adaptation of
their pectoral girdle,
adapted to
support powerful flipper strokes. Some
later sauropterygians,...
- This
catalog of
fossil reptile research published in 2025
includes a list of new taxa that were
described during the year 2025, as well as
other significant...
- The
Shaximiao Formation (simplified Chinese: 沙溪庙组;
traditional Chinese: 沙溪廟組 / 沙溪廟層; pinyin: Shāxīmiào zǔ) is a
Middle to Late Jur****ic aged geological...
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including ichthyosaurs and
sauropterygians. Some 21st
century studies have
found that ichthyosaurs,
thalattosaurs and
sauropterygians were
close relatives,...
- The
Fossil Hill
Member is a
Middle Tri****ic-aged rock unit. The
Fossil Hill unit
occurs as a
member of both the
Prida and
Favret formations. It outcrops...
- and the
sister group of Eosauropterygia,
which includes all
other sauropterygians.
Below is a
cladogram from
Neenan et al. (2013)
showing the position...
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Anisian Balmacaan Formation (New Zealand),
representing the
oldest sauropterygian record from the
Southern Hemisphere reported to date. The
first simosaurid...
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Nothosaurs (superfamily Nothosauroidea) were Tri****ic
marine sauropterygian reptiles. They
averaged about 3
metres (10 ft) in length, with a long body...
- near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a
genus of extinct,
large marine sauropterygian reptile that
lived during the
Early Jur****ic. It is
known by nearly...
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Paleontology or
palaeontology is the
study of
prehistoric life
forms on
Earth through the
examination of
plant and
animal fossils. This
includes the study...
