Family
Valid Extinct

Keichousauridae

Young 1965

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Keichousauridae
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Pachypleurosaurus, which was found on the Monte San Giorgio, Tessin, Switzerland. Size: about 20cm © Nowic · GPL · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pachypleurosauroidea Superfamily
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Keichousauridae Family
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
8
Geological formations
Falang
5
Jialingjiang
1
Guanling
1
Gejiu
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
6
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1965. On the new nothosaurs from Hupeh and Kweichou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(4):337-356
Bibliography (6)
H. Lu, D.-Y. Jiang, and R. Motani, P.-G. Ni, Z.-Y. Sun, A. Tintori, S.-Z. Xiao, M. Zhou, C. Ji, W.-F. Fu. 2018. Middle Triassic Xingyi Fauna: Showing turnover of marine reptiles from coastal to oceanic environments. Palaeoworld 27(1):107-116 DOI ↗
J. Liu, O. Rieppel, and D.-Y. Jiang, J. C. Aitchison, R. Motani, Q.-Y. Zhang, C.-Y. Zhou, Y.-Y. Sun. 2011. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):292-302 DOI ↗
C. Li, L. J. Zhao, and L. T. Wang. 2007. A new species of Macrocnemus (Reptilia: Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China and its palaeogeographical implication. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 50(11):1601-1605 DOI ↗
Z. Sun, M. W. Maisch, and W.-C. Hao, D. Jiang. 2005. A Middle Triassic thalattosaur (Reptilia: Diapsida) from Yunnan (China). Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Monatshefte (4):193-206 DOI ↗
C.-C. Young. 1965. On the new nothosaurs from Hupeh and Kweichou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(4):337-356
C.-C. Young. 1958. On the new Pachypleurosauroidea from Keichow, south-west China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(2-3):72-81