†Dinocephalosaurus Li 2003 (archosauromorph)
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Reptilia - Diapsida - Tanystropheidae
Full reference: C. Li. 2003. First record of protorosaurid reptile (Order Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 77:419-423
Parent taxon: Tanystropheidae according to A. G. Sennikov 2011
See also Li 2003, Li et al. 2004 and Rieppel et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Amotosaurus, Augustaburiania, Langobardisaurus, Macrocnemus, Protanystropheus, Raibliania, Sclerostropheus, Tanystropheus, Tanytrachelos
Subtaxa: Dinocephalosaurus orientalis
Type: Dinocephalosaurus orientalis
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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