Species
Valid Extinct

Atopodentatus unicus

Cheng et al. 2014

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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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Atopodentatus Genus
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Atopodentatus unicus Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Guanling
2
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
L. Cheng, X. -H. Chen, and Q. -H. Shang, X. -C. Wu. 2014. A new marine reptile from the Triassic of China, with a highly specialized feeding adaptation. Natuwissenschaften DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
L. Chun, O. Rieppel, and C. Long, N. C. Fraser. 2016. The earliest herbivorous marine reptile and its remarkable jaw apparatus. Science Advances 2(5):e1501659 DOI ↗
L. Cheng, X. -H. Chen, and Q. -H. Shang, X. -C. Wu. 2014. A new marine reptile from the Triassic of China, with a highly specialized feeding adaptation. Natuwissenschaften DOI ↗