†suborder Pistosauroidea Baur 1887 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Parent taxon: Eosauropterygia according to O. Rieppel 1999

See also Cheng et al. 2006, Persson 1963 and Rieppel 2000

Sister taxa: Corosaurus, Cymatosauridae, Dawazisaurus, Diandongosaurus, Hispaniasaurus, Majiashanosaurus, Nothosauridae, Nothosauroidea, Nothosaurus picardi, Pachypleurosauria, Pachypleurosauroidea, Qianxisaurus, Wumengosaurus

Subtaxa: Chinchenia Cymatosauria Cymatosaurus Kwangsisaurus Wangosaurus Yunguisaurus

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (7), France (1), Germany (5), the Netherlands (1), Poland (4)

Total: 19 collections including 24 occurrences

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