A long-tailed marine reptile from China provides new insights into the Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur radiation.
Xu GH, Ren Y, Zhao LJ, Liao JL, Feng DH.
Xu GH, et al.
Sci Rep. 2022 May 5;12(1):7396. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11309-2.
Sci Rep. 2022.
PMID: 35513463
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Here, we present a new pachypleurosaurid, Honghesaurus longicaudalis gen. et sp. nov., from the early Middle Triassic (Anisian, ~ 244 Ma) marine deposits in Luxi, Yunnan, China. The discovery documents the first really long-tailed pachypleurosaur with totally 121 (69 cauda …
Here, we present a new pachypleurosaurid, Honghesaurus longicaudalis gen. et sp. nov., from the early Middle Triassic (Anisian, ~ 244 …