Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Keichousauridae
Full reference: J. Liu, O. Rieppel, D.-Y. Jiang, J. C. Aitchison, R. Motani, Q.-Y. Zhang, C.-Y. Zhou and Y.-Y. Sun. 2011. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):292-302
Belongs to Dianopachysaurus according to J. Liu et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LPV 31365, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dawazi, upper vertebrate horizon (=Member 2), Luoping County, which is in a Pelsonian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dawazi, upper vertebrate horizon (=Member 2), Luoping County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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