Askeptosaurus
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Askeptosaurus is an extinct genus of askeptosauroid, a marine reptile from the extinct order Thalattosauria. Askeptosaurus is known from several well-preserved fossils found in Middle Triassic marine
Askeptosaurus Deep Time
The skull and a small part of the neck of specimen PIMUZ T 4831
Specimen MSNM V456, one of the most complete fossils of Askeptosaurus italicus
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Thalattosauria
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Thalattosauria is an extinct order of marine reptiles that lived during the Triassic Period. Thalattosaurs were diverse in size and shape, and are divided into two superfamilies: Askeptosauroidea and
Askeptosaurus
…Askeptosaurus is an extinct genus of askeptosauroid, a marine reptile from the extinct order Thalattosauria. Askeptosaurus is known from several well-preserved fossils found in Middle Triassic marine strata in what is now Italy and Switzerland. Askeptosaurus…
Many 20th-century paleontologists considered thalattosaurs to be an independent offshoot of formerly terrestrial reptiles closely related to squamates (such as lizards) or rhynchocephalians (such as the tuatara, pictured)
Thalattosaurs have been proposed to be related to various reptile groups including archosauromorphs, sauropterygians, and ichthyosaurs (such as Temnodontosaurus, pictured)
Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis NTM
Askeptosaurus italicus