Genus
Valid Extinct

Dactylosaurus

Gürich 1884

Dactylosaurus is a genus of nothosaur in the family Pachypleurosauridae. Along with Anarosaurus, Dactylosaurus was one of the earliest known pachypleurosaurs to come from Europe.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Dactylosaurus
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Attenborosaurus conybeari, a plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic of England, pencil drawing © Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) · CC BY 2.5 · 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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Dactylosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇵🇱 Poland
3
🇳🇱 Netherlands
1
Geological formations
Vossenveld
1
Chorzow
1
Karchowice
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
4
Species (2)
Dactylosaurus gracilis 247 Ma
Dactylosaurus schroederi 244 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
G. Gürich. 1884. Ueber einige Saurier des obershlesischen Muschelkalkes [On some saurians from the Upper Silesian Muschelkalk]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 36:125-144
Bibliography (4)
C. Bickelmann and P. M. Sander. 2008. A partial skeleton and isolated humeri of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) from Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):326-338 DOI ↗
O. Rieppel and K. Lin. 1995. Pachypleurosaurs (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk, and a review of the Pachypleurosauroidea. Fieldiana: Geology, new series (32):1-44 DOI ↗
F. Nopsca. 1928. Palaeontological notes on reptiles. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 1:3-84
G. Gürich. 1884. Ueber einige Saurier des obershlesischen Muschelkalkes [On some saurians from the Upper Silesian Muschelkalk]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 36:125-144