Genus
Valid Extinct

Serpianosaurus

Rieppel 1989

Serpianosaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaurs known from the Middle Triassic deposits of Switzerland and Germany. It was a small reptile, with the type specimen of S. mirigiolensis measuring 75 cm (2.46 ft) long.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
14
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Serpianosaurus
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Life restoration of Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis. © Smokeybjb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pachypleurosauroidea Superfamily
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Pachypleurosauridae Family
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Serpianosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 14 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇭 Switzerland
13
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Besano
13
Karlstadt
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
4
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
10
Species (2)
Serpianosaurus germanicus 244 Ma
Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis 247 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
O. Rieppel. 1989. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 323(1212):1-73
Bibliography (2)
C. G. Diedrich. 2013. The marine pachypleurosaur Serpianosaurus germanicus nov. spec. - skeleton and isolated bone remains from the Pelsonian (Middle Triassic) of the European Germanic Basin carbonate intertidals and its paleobiology and taphonomy. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61:159-168
O. Rieppel. 1989. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 323(1212):1-73