Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Full reference: O. Rieppel. 1998. The status of the sauropterygian reptile genera Ceresiosaurus, Lariosaurus, and Silvestrosaurus from the Middle Triassic of Europe. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 38:1-46
Belongs to Lariosaurus according to O. Rieppel 1998
Sister taxa: Lariosaurus balsami, Lariosaurus buzzii, Lariosaurus hongguoensis, Lariosaurus juvenilis, Lariosaurus lavizzarii, Lariosaurus sanxiaensis, Lariosaurus teutonicus, Lariosaurus valceresii, Lariosaurus vosseveldensis, Lariosaurus winkelhorsti, Lariosaurus xingyiensis, Lariosaurus youngi, Rhaeticonia rothpletzi
Type specimen: Université Paris VI, Laboratoire de Paléontologie et de Paléoanthropologie, PVHR 1, a partial skeleton (skull and partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Amélie-les-Bains, eastern Pyrenees, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Amélie-les-Bains, eastern Pyrenees
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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