Yunguisaurus liae Cheng et al., 2006
Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Pistosauroidea
Late Triassic
Falang Fm (Carnian)
Guizhou, China
Length: 4 m
This is the first Pistosauroid known from an almost complete skeleton. Some characteristics such as the high number of cervical vertebrae made comparable to the later Plesiosauroids, other traits are more primitive.
April 30, 2016
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