†suborder Pachypleurosauria (diapsid)
Parent taxon: Eosauropterygia according to Y. Hu et al. 2024
See also Dalla Vecchia and Avanzini 2002, Klein et al. 2022, Lin et al. 2019, Liu et al. 2011, Renesto et al. 2014 and Rieppel 2000
Sister taxa: Corosaurus, Cymatosauridae, Dawazisaurus, Diandongosaurus, Hispaniasaurus, Majiashanosaurus, Nothosauridae, Nothosauroidea, Nothosaurus picardi, Pachypleurosauroidea, Pistosauroidea, Qianxisaurus, Wumengosaurus
Subtaxa: Dianmeisaurus Odoiporosaurus Prosantosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), Italy (2), Myanmar (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences