Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Full reference: D.-Y. Jiang, M. W. Maisch, W.-C. Hao, Y. O. Sun, and Z.-Y. Sun. 2006. Nothosaurus yangyuanensis n. sp. (Reptlia, Sauropterygia, Nothosauridae) from the middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Guizhou, southwestern China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte 2006(5):257-276
Belongs to Nothosaurus according to D.-Y. Jiang et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus, Elmosaurus lelmensis, Kolposaurus dichthadius, Metriorhynchus priscus, Nothosaurus cristatus, Nothosaurus cymatosauroides, Nothosaurus edingerae, Nothosaurus giganteus, Nothosaurus haasi, Nothosaurus hecki, Nothosaurus jagisteus, Nothosaurus marchicus, Nothosaurus mirabilis, Nothosaurus occiduus, Nothosaurus rostellatus, Nothosaurus schimperi, Nothosaurus tchernowi, Nothosaurus unexpectus, Nothosaurus venustus, Nothosaurus zhangi, Plesiosaurus speciosus, Simosaurus mougeoti
Type specimen: GMPKU-P-1080, a skull (a complete skull exposed its dorsal and palatal views). Its type locality is Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in the Guanling Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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