Pachypleurosauria
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Pachypleurosauria is an extinct clade of primitive sauropterygian reptiles from the Triassic period. Pachypleurosaurs vaguely resembled aquatic lizards, with elongate forms ranging in size from 0.2–1
Pachypleurosaurus
Life restoration of the pachypleurosaur Keichousaurus
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Nothosaur
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Nothosaurs were Triassic marine sauropterygian reptiles. They averaged about 3 metres in length, with a long body and tail. The feet were paddle-like, and are known to have been webbed in life, to hel
Pachypleurosauria
…pachypleurosaur, with the only other discovery of such an event having been made in China. Pachypleurosaurs were traditionally included within the Nothosauroidea (Carroll 1988, Benton 2004). In some more recent cladistic classifications, however, (Rieppel 2000), they are considered the sister group to the…
Ceresiosaurus