Reptilia - Diapsida - Tanystropheidae
Full reference: S. N. F. Spiekman, J. M. Neenan, N. C. Fraser, O. Rieppel, S. Nosotti and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Aquatic habits and niche partitioning in the extraordinarily long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus. Current Biology 30(19):3889-3895
Belongs to Tanystropheus according to S. N. F. Spiekman et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Chelyzoon, Chelyzoon blezingeri, Chelyzoon latum, Nothosaurus blezingeri, Tanystrophaeus posthumus, Tanystropheus biharicus, Tanystropheus conspicuus, Tanystropheus haasi, Tanystropheus longobardicus, Tanystropheus meridensis, Tribelesodon longobardicus, Procerosaurus cruralis, Pectenosaurus strunzi
Type specimen: PIMUZ T 2790, a skeleton (a semi-articulated specimen consisting of a virtually complete yet strongly compressed skull and the first eight cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Monte San Giorgio general, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: ground dwelling piscivore
Distribution: found only at Monte San Giorgio general
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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