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Tanystropheidae is an
extinct family of
archosauromorph reptiles that
lived throughout the Tri****ic Period,
often considered to be "protorosaurs". They...
- Asia,
North America, and
South America. It
comprises the
families Tanystropheidae and
Trachelosauridae (found by the
authors to be
coextensive with Dinocephalosauridae...
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orientalis representing the only
known record at the time of the
Tanystropheidae in what
would have been the
eastern portion of the
Tethys Ocean. Dinocephalosaurus...
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archosauromorph as well.
Tanystropheus is the
namesake of the
family Tanystropheidae, a
clade collecting many long-necked Tri****ic
archosauromorphs previously...
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Tanystropheidae...
- Scheyer,
Torsten M. (2021-05-03). "A new
phylogenetic hypothesis of
Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and
other "protorosaurs", and its implications...
- Formation) and the biogeography,
functional morphology, and
evolution of
Tanystropheidae".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (2): e911186. Bibcode:2015JVPal...
- that
includes Protorosaurus,
Drepanosauridae (and relatives) and
Tanystropheidae (and relatives). However, some
analysis found Protorosaurus (and sometimes...
- Sharovipteryx, may have been an
unusual member of the
protorosaur group Tanystropheidae,
although further study of its
anatomy is
needed to
resolve its precise...
- †
Tanystropheidae...
