Genus
Valid Extinct

Pachypleurosaurus

Broili 1927

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Pachypleurosaurus
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Several Neuticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. © FunkMonk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pachypleurosauroidea Superfamily
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Pachypleurosauridae Family
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Pachypleurosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇭 Switzerland
3
🇮🇹 Italy
2
Geological formations
Besano
1
Meride
1
Calcare di Meride
1
Prosanto
1
Meride Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
4
Anisian (247–241.464 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi 247 Ma
Pachypleurosaurus staubi 241 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliography (3)
R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill. 1985. The nothosaur Pachypleurosaurus and the origin of plesiosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 309:343-393 DOI ↗
A. Toroni. 1979. Les reptiles du Trias moyen du Monte San Giorgio, Tessin [The reptiles from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Tessino]. Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweiz. Petroleum Geologen und Ingenieure 45(109):17-34
N. J. Mateer. 1976. On two new specimens of Pachypleurosaurus (Reptilia: Nothosauria). Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala New Series 6:107-123