Species
Valid Extinct

Wangosaurus brevirostris

Ma et al. 2015

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pistosauroidea Suborder
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Wangosaurus Genus
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Wangosaurus brevirostris Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Falang
2
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
L.-T. Ma, D.-Y. Jiang, and O. Rieppel, R. Motani, A. Tintori. 2015. A new pistosauroid (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the late Ladinian Xingyi marine reptile level, southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e881832 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
H. Lu, D.-Y. Jiang, and R. Motani, P.-G. Ni, Z.-Y. Sun, A. Tintori, S.-Z. Xiao, M. Zhou, C. Ji, W.-F. Fu. 2018. Middle Triassic Xingyi Fauna: Showing turnover of marine reptiles from coastal to oceanic environments. Palaeoworld 27(1):107-116 DOI ↗
L.-T. Ma, D.-Y. Jiang, and O. Rieppel, R. Motani, A. Tintori. 2015. A new pistosauroid (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the late Ladinian Xingyi marine reptile level, southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e881832 DOI ↗