Reptilia - Diapsida - Tanystropheidae
Alternative spelling: Tanystrophaeus
Synonyms: Macroscelosaurus Münster 1852, Pectenosaurus Huene 1902, Procerosaurus Huene 1902, Tribelesodon Bassani 1886
Parent taxon: Tanystropheidae according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016
See also Benton 1985, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee 1980, Chatterjee 1986, Cope 1887, Huene 1902, Huene 1909, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1920, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1942, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Renesto 2005, Sennikov 2011, Spiekman et al. 2020, von Zittel 1911 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Amotosaurus, Augustaburiania, Dinocephalosaurus, Langobardisaurus, Macrocnemus, Protanystropheus, Raibliania, Sclerostropheus, Tanytrachelos
Subtaxa: Chelyzoon Chelyzoon blezingeri Chelyzoon latum Nothosaurus blezingeri Pectenosaurus strunzi Procerosaurus cruralis Tanystrophaeus posthumus Tanystropheus biharicus Tanystropheus conspicuus Tanystropheus haasi Tanystropheus hydroides Tanystropheus longobardicus Tanystropheus meridensis Tribelesodon longobardicus
Ecology: ground dwelling piscivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), China (1), Germany (7), Israel (2), Italy (1), Romania (1), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
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