Serpianosaurus germanicus Diedrich 2013 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Full reference: C. G. Diedrich. 2013. The marine pachypleurosaur Serpianosaurus germanicus nov. spec. - skeleton and isolated bone remains from the Pelsonian (Middle Triassic) of the European Germanic Basin carbonate intertidals and its paleobiology and taphonomy. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61:159-168

Belongs to Serpianosaurus according to C. G. Diedrich 2013

Sister taxon: Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis

Type specimen: NMM 2329, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Heteborn Quarry, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Karlstadt Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Heteborn Quarry

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