Pleurosaurus Meyer (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Pleurosauridae

Synonyms: Anguisaurus Münster 1839, Saurophidium Jourdan 1862

Parent taxon: Pleurosauridae according to A. S. Hsiou et al. 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Cocude-Michel 1963, d'Orbigny 1849, Fitzinger 1843, Herrera-Flores et al. 2018, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1969, Lortet 1892, Meyer 1845, Osborn 1903, Quenstedt 1852, Rauhut et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrosaurus, Palaeopleurosaurus

Subtaxa: Pleurosaurus ginsburgi Pleurosaurus goldfussi

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Germany (7)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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