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Sauropterygians are
united by a
radical adaptation of
their pectoral girdle,
adapted to
support powerful flipper strokes. Some
later sauropterygians,...
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Nothosaurs (superfamily Nothosauroidea) were Tri****ic
marine sauropterygian reptiles. They
averaged about 3
metres (10 ft) in length, with a long body...
- This list of
fossil reptiles described in 2024 is a list of new taxa of
fossil reptiles that were
described during the year 2024, as well as
other significant...
- near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a
genus of extinct,
large marine sauropterygian reptile that
lived during the
Early Jur****ic. It is
known by nearly...
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perhaps archelosaurian reptiles that
returned to the sea. An
advanced sauropterygian subgroup, the
carnivorous Eusauropterygia with
small heads and long...
- a dolphin-like body
shape that
flourished during the
Mesozoic era.
Sauropterygians were a
diverse group of
aquatic reptiles adapted for flipper-based...
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interpreted as a
likely regurgitalith probably produced by a near-s****
sauropterygian such as
Nothosaurus or Lariosaurus, is
described from the
Middle Tri****ic...
- "illegitimate", and
sauros (σαῦρος), "lizard") is an
extinct genus of
sauropterygian reptile from the Tri****ic period,
approximately 240–210
million years...
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arise from
bipedal archosaurs.
Ichthyosaurs and
nothosaurs (a
group of
sauropterygians)
dominate large marine fauna.
Cynodonts become smaller and nocturnal...
- of the Tri****ic (Rhaetian). By the end of the Tri****ic, all
other sauropterygians,
including placodonts and nothosaurs, had
become extinct. At least...
