Paralonectes merriami Nicholls and Brinkman 1993 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Thalattosauria

Full reference: E. L. Nicholls and D. Brinkman. 1993. New thalattosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation of Wapiti Lake, British Columbia. Journal of Paleontology 67(2):263-278

Belongs to Paralonectes according to E. L. Nicholls and D. Brinkman 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 89.127.1, a partial skeleton (Skull, mandible, scattered vertebrae and ribs, isolated appendicular elements (ischium, propodial)). Its type locality is Wapiti Lake, Locality D, which is in a Smithian marine siltstone/limestone in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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