Genus
Valid Extinct

Paludidraco

de Miguel Chaves et al. 2018

Paludidraco is a nothosaur belonging to the Simosauridae from the Late Triassic of Spain. It includes one species, Paludidraco multidentatus. Paludidraco is thought to possibly have been a filter-feeding marine reptile, and was about 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) long. The holotype, MUPA-ATZ0101, consists of one relatively complete skull and partial postcranial skeleton and one partial skull and mandibles, were found in the El Atance site in Guadalajara, Central Spain at the Keuper Facies horizon, the border of the Carnian and Norian periods of the Triassic.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Nothosauria Order
Simosauridae Family
Paludidraco Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Keuper
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Paludidraco multidentatus 237 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
C. de Miguel Chaves, F. Ortega, and A. Pérez-García. 2018. New highly pachyostotic nothosauroid interpreted as a filter-feeding Triassic marine reptile. Biology Letters 14:20180130 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. de Miguel Chaves, F. Ortega, and A. Pérez-García. 2018. New highly pachyostotic nothosauroid interpreted as a filter-feeding Triassic marine reptile. Biology Letters 14:20180130 DOI ↗