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Pachypleurosauroidea
Taxonomy
Pachypleurosauroidea was named by Huene (1956).
It was assigned to Sauropterygia by Young (1965); to Sauropterygia by Rieppel (1989), Rieppel (1993), Rieppel (1995) and Rieppel and Lin (1995); and to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1994), Xu et al. (2022) and Xu et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sauropterygia by Young (1965); to Sauropterygia by Rieppel (1989), Rieppel (1993), Rieppel (1995) and Rieppel and Lin (1995); and to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1994), Xu et al. (2022) and Xu et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Pachypleurosauroidea Huene p. 382 |
| 1965 | Pachypleurosauroidea Young p. 354 |
| 1989 | Pachypleurosauroidea Rieppel p. 3 |
| 1993 | Pachypleurosauroidea Rieppel p. 4 |
| 1994 | Pachypleurosauroidea Rieppel p. 4 |
| 1995 | Pachypleurosauroidea Rieppel p. 206 |
| 1995 | Pachypleurosauroidea Rieppel and Lin p. 2 |
| 2022 | Pachypleurosauroidea Xu et al. p. 3 |
| 2023 | Pachypleurosauroidea Xu et al. p. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Superfm. †Pachypleurosauroidea Huene 1956
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Fm. †Keichousauridae Young 1965
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Fm. †Pachypleurosauridae Nopcsa 1928
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G. †Anarosaurus Dames 1890
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†Anarosaurus heterodontus Rieppel and Lin 1995
†Anarosaurus pumilio Dames 1890
G. †Dactylosaurus Gürich 1884
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†Dactylosaurus gracilis Gürich 1884
†Dactylosaurus schroederi Nopsca 1928
G. †Neusticosaurus Seeley 1882
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†Neusticosaurus edwardsi Sander 1989
†Neusticosaurus edwardsii Sander 1989
†Neusticosaurus peyeri Sander 1989
†Neusticosaurus pusillus Fraas 1881
†Neusticosaurus pygmaeus Fraas 1896
†Neusticosaurus toeplitschi Nopsca 1928
G. †Pachypleurosaurus Broili 1927
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†Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi Sander 1989
†Pachypleurosaurus staubi Kuhn-Schnyder 1959
G. †Psilotrachelosaurus Nopsca 1928
G. †Serpianosaurus Rieppel 1989
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†Serpianosaurus germanicus Diedrich 2013
†Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis Rieppel 1989
Invalid names: Neusticosaurinae Seeley [empty], Pachypleurosaurinae Nopsca 1928 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections (55 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Smithian - Spathian | China (Jiangxi) | Hanosaurus hupehensis (98007) | |
| Olenekian | China (Hubei) | Keichousaurus yuananensis (100271) | |
| Anisian | Slovakia (Banská Bystrica) | Neusticosaurus sp. (196589) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Anarosaurus pumilio (195570) Doliovertebra fritschi, Anarosaurus heterodontus (138123) | |
| Anisian | Poland (Silesia) | Dactylosaurus gracilis (195571) | |
| Anisian | Poland (Opolskie) | Dactylosaurus gracilis (96435) | |
| Anisian | Netherlands (Gelderland) | Anarosaurus heterodontus, Dactylosaurus gracilis (96875) | |
| Anisian | Switzerland (Ticino) | Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86828) | |
| Bithynian | Netherlands | Anarosaurus heterodontus (106538) | |
| Illyrian | Italy | Pachypleura edwardsii (149323) | |
| Illyrian | Switzerland (Ticino) | Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86830 86831 86832 86833) | |
| Pelsonian | Slovenia | Pachypleurosauroidea indet. (166628) | |
| Pelsonian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Serpianosaurus germanicus (196743) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Guizhou) | Panzhousaurus rotundirostris (103539) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Yunnan) | Dianopachysaurus dingi (97946) Honghesaurus longicaudalis (233825) Luopingosaurus imparilis (123839) | |
| Pelsonian - Illyrian | Poland | Dactylosaurus schroederi (34729) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) | Neusticosaurus pygmaeus (31768) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Switzerland | Neusticosaurus sp. (13344) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Switzerland (Ticino) | Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86838 86839 86840) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Switzerland (Kanton Tessin) | Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86837) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi (86708) | |
| Middle Triassic | China (Sichuan) | Pachypleurosauridae indet. (37605) | |
| Illyrian - Fassanian | Switzerland | Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (122057) | |
| Ladinian | Switzerland (onte San Giorgio) | Neusticosaurus peyeri (194785) | |
| Ladinian | Saudi Arabia | Pachypleurosauridae indet. (149547) | |
| Ladinian | China (Yunnan) | Keichousaurus sp. (106668) | |
| Ladinian | Switzerland (Ticino) | Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi (86841) Pachypleurosaurus sp. (110929) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Baden-Württemburg) | Pachypleurosauroidea indet. (138083) | |
| Ladinian | Italy (Lombardia) | Pachypleurosaurus staubi (106316) | |
| Fassanian | Switzerland | Neusticosaurus sp. (180497 180508) Neusticosaurus sp., Neusticosaurus peyeri (180493) | |
| Fassanian | Switzerland (Graubünden) | Pachypleurosaurus staubi (196661) | |
| Fassanian | Italy | Neusticosaurus pusilis (201785) | |
| Fassanian | Switzerland (Ticino) | Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86834 86835 86836) | |
| Longobardian | China (Guizhou) | Keichousaurus hui (98691) Keichousaurus sp. (153371 175087 196506) | |
| Longobardian | Austria (Karnten) | Psilotrachelosaurus toeplitschi (195572) | |
| Longobardian | China (Yunnan) | Keichousaurus hui (196166) | |
| Longobardian | Italy | Neusticosaurus edwardsii (116568) | |
| Longobardian | Italy (Lecco) | Neusticosaurus pusillus (120901) | |
| Longobardian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Neusticosaurus pusillus (101873) |