Genus
Valid Extinct

Dianopachysaurus

Liu et al. 2011

Dianopachysaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaur known from the lower Middle Triassic of Yunnan Province, southwestern China. It was found in the Middle Triassic Lagerstätte of the Guanling Formation. It was first named by Jun Liu, Olivier Rieppel, Da-Yong Jiang, Jonathan C. Aitchison, Ryosuke Motani, Qi-Yue Zhang, Chang-Yong Zhou and Yuan-Yuan Sun in 2011 and the type species is Dianopachysaurus dingi, thanking a Professor Ding for his help.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pachypleurosauroidea Superfamily
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Keichousauridae Family
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Dianopachysaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Guanling
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Dianopachysaurus dingi 244 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
J. Liu, O. Rieppel, and D.-Y. Jiang, J. C. Aitchison, R. Motani, Q.-Y. Zhang, C.-Y. Zhou, Y.-Y. Sun. 2011. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):292-302 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. Liu, O. Rieppel, and D.-Y. Jiang, J. C. Aitchison, R. Motani, Q.-Y. Zhang, C.-Y. Zhou, Y.-Y. Sun. 2011. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):292-302 DOI ↗