Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Alternative combination: Pachypleura edwardsii

Full reference: P. M. Sander. 1989. The pachypleurosaurids (Reptilia: Nothosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) with the description of a new species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 325:561-666

Belongs to Neusticosaurus according to O. Rieppel and K. Lin 1995

See also Rieppel 1995 and Sander 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Besano (Scisti bituminosi), which is in an Anisian/Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy

Distribution: found only at Besano (MCSN Milan collection)

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