Family
Valid Extinct

Pistosauridae

Zittel 1887

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Pistosauridae
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Skull of Pistosaurus longaevus (cast - USNM 16107) in right, left and posterior views. © Carpenter, Kenneth · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Pistosauria Unranked clade
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Pistosauridae Family
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇸🇯 SJ
2
Geological formations
De Geerdalen
1
Tschermakfjellet
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
2
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. R. O'Keefe. 2001. A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 213:1-63
Bibliography (1)
B. P. Kear and E. E. Maxwell. 2013. Wiman's forgotten plesiosaurs: the earliest recorded sauropterygian fossils from the High Arctic. GFF (Geologiska Foreningen) DOI ↗