Reptilia - Placodontia - Cyamodontidae
Full reference: W. Wang, C. Li, T. M. Scheyer and L. J. Zhao. 2019. A new species of Cyamodus (Placodontia, Sauropterygia) from the early Late Triassic of south-west China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(17):1457-1476
Belongs to Cyamodus according to W. Wang et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Cyamodus hildegardis, Cyamodus kuhnschnyderi, Cyamodus muensteri, Cyamodus rostratus, Cyamodus tarnowitzensis
Type specimen: Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, M8820, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Guanling, Lower Xiaowa Formation fossil lagerstätte, which is in a Tuvalian deep-water shale/marl in the Xiaowa Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Guanling, Lower Xiaowa Formation fossil lagerstätte
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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