-
thalattosaurs grew to over 4
meters (13 feet) in length,
including a long,
flattened tail
utilized in
underwater propulsion.
Although thalattosaurs bore...
-
Thalattosauroidea is a
superfamily of
thalattosaurs, a Tri****ic
group of
marine reptiles. It was
named in 1904 by
paleontologist John
Campbell Merriam...
-
cladistically obsolete), mosasaurs, nothosaurs, placodonts, sea turtles,
thalattosaurs and thalattosuchians. Most
marine reptile groups became extinct at the...
-
internal interrelationships of
thalattosaurs is
shown below. Nicholls,
Elizabeth L.; Brinkman,
Donald (1993). "New
thalattosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida) from...
-
Anshunsaurus is a
genus of
thalattosaurs within the
family Askeptosauridae.
Fossils have been
found from
Middle Tri****ic
deposits in Guizhou, China. Three...
- PMID 24053145. Zhao Li-Jun; Liu Jun; Li Chun; He Tao (2013). "A new
thalattosaur,
Concavispina biseridens gen. et sp. nov. from Guanling, Guizhou, China"...
- sauropterygians. Some 21st
century studies have
found that ichthyosaurs,
thalattosaurs and
sauropterygians were
close relatives,
either as stem-archosaurs...
-
Champsosaurus Simoedosaurus ?Pachystropheus (sometimes
considered a
thalattosaur) ?Actiosaurus Thalattosuchia:
Early Jur****ic -
Early Cretaceous Metriorhynchoidea...
- kuehneosaurids, choristoderes, archosaurs, testudinatans, ichthyosaurs,
thalattosaurs, and sauropterygians.
Cynodonts evolve from
larger therapsids. Olson's...
-
Gunakadeit possessed a
variety of
features from the two
major suborders of
thalattosaurs,
Askeptosauroidea and Thalattosauroidea, and it is
considered the most...