Species
Valid Extinct

Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi

(Sander 1989)

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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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pachypleurosauroidea Superfamily
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Pachypleurosauridae Family
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Pachypleurosaurus Genus
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Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
1
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
Geological formations
Besano
1
Meride Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
1
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Sander. 1989. The pachypleurosaurids (Reptilia: Nothosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) with the description of a new species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 325:561-666
Bibliography (1)
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 ↗