Reptilia - Diapsida - Tanystropheidae
Full reference: O. Rieppel. 2001. A new species of Tanystropheus (Reptilia: Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Makhtesh Ramon, Israel. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 221(2):271-287
Belongs to Tanystropheus according to O. Rieppel 2001
Sister taxa: Chelyzoon, Chelyzoon blezingeri, Chelyzoon latum, Nothosaurus blezingeri, Tanystrophaeus posthumus, Tanystropheus biharicus, Tanystropheus conspicuus, Tanystropheus hydroides, Tanystropheus longobardicus, Tanystropheus meridensis, Pectenosaurus strunzi, Tribelesodon longobardicus, Procerosaurus cruralis
Type specimen: HUJ-Pal. TR1, a set of vertebrae (Posterior end of eighth cervical vertebra). Its type locality is Wadi Ramon, Beneckeia beds, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in the Gevanim Formation of Israel.
Ecology: ground dwelling piscivore
Distribution: found only at Wadi Ramon, Beneckeia beds
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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