Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae
Alternative spelling: Pachypleuridae
Parent taxon: Pachypleurosauroidea according to G.-H. Xu et al. 2023
See also Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Lin et al. 2019, Nopcsa 1928, Rieppel 1989, Rieppel 1993, Rieppel 1995, Rieppel 2000, Rieppel and Lin 1995, Sander 1989, Xu et al. 2022 and Young 1965
Sister taxon: Keichousauridae
Subtaxa: Anarosaurus Dactylosaurus Doliovertebra Hanosaurus Honghesaurus Luopingosaurus Neusticosaurinae Neusticosaurus Pachypleurosaurinae Pachypleurosaurus Panzhousaurus Psilotrachelosaurus Serpianosaurus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (5), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (6), the Netherlands (2), Poland (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (21)
Total: 45 collections including 48 occurrences