Species
Valid Extinct

Psephosauriscus sinaiticus

Rieppel 2002

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Placodontia Order
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Cyamodontoidea Suborder
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Psephosauriscus Genus
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Psephosauriscus sinaiticus Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇬 Egypt
1
🇮🇱 Israel
1
Geological formations
Gevanim
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
2
Synonyms (1)
Psephosaurus sinaiticus replaced by Psephosauriscus sinaiticus
Bibliography
Original description
B. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarrih, A. D. Matari, A. M. Al-Masary, M. A. Halawani. 2010. A review of aquatic vertebrate remains from the Middle-Upper Triassic Jilh Formation of Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 122:1-8 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
O. Rieppel. 2002. The dermal armor of the cyamodontoid placodonts (Reptilia, Sauropterygia): morphology and systematic value. Fieldiana Geology: New Series 46:1-41 DOI ↗
G. Haas. 1959. On some fragments of the dermal skeleton of Placodontia from the Trias of Araif en Naqa, Sinai Peninsula. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Fjärde Serien 7(4):1-19