Les Pistosauria, ou Pistosauroidea, sont un clade de Sauroptérygiens incluant les Plesiosauria et les formes basales apparentées, jugées plus proches des Plesiosauria que des Nothosauria et des Pachypleurosauria. Les formes basales sont attestées en Eurasie et en Amérique du Nord durant la première moitié du Trias, d'environ 250 à 227 millions d'années.
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