Species
Valid Extinct

Pistosaurus longaevus

Meyer 1839

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Pistosauria Unranked clade
Pistosaurus Genus
Pistosaurus longaevus Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
3
🇵🇱 Poland
3
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Boruszowice
2
Marne della Val di Centa
1
Trochitenkalk
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
4
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
3
Synonyms (2)
Nothosaurus strunzi subjective synonym of Pistosaurus longaevus
Pistosaurus grandaevus objective synonym of Pistosaurus longaevus
Bibliography
Original description
H. v. Meyer. 1839. …in dem Muschelkalke der Gegend von Bayreuth gefundenen und der reichhaltigen Kreis-Sammlung angehörigen Saurier-Schädel… […saurian skulls found in the Muschelkalke in the Bayreuth area and belonging to the rich Kreis Collection…]. …saurian skulls found in the Muschelkalke in the Bayreuth area and belonging to the rich Kreis Collection… 1839:699-701
Bibliography (3)
D. Surmik, B. M. Rothschild, and M. Dulski, K. Janiszewska. 2017. Two types of bone necrosis in the Middle Triassic Pistosaurus longaevus bones: the results of integrated studies. Royal Society Open Science 4(7):170204 DOI ↗
M. Dalla Vecchia and M. Avanzini. 2002. New findings of isolated remains of Triassic reptiles from Northeastern Italy. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 42(2-3):215-235
H. -D. Sues. 1987. Postcranial skeleton of Pistosaurus and interrelationships of the Sauropterygia (DIapsida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:109-131 DOI ↗