FIRST COMPLETE PISTOSAUROID FROM THE TRIASSIC OF CHINA
作者单位：National Science MuseumTokyoJapan.Canadian Museum of NatureOttawaCanada
会议名称：《第二届国际古生物学大会》
会议日期：2006年
学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学]
摘 要：Triassic pistosauroids (Reptilia;Sauropterygia) are important for understanding the origin of the Plesiosauria, a group of derived sauropterygians that achieved considerable diversity during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Remains of Triassic pistosauroids have been known from Europe, North America, and China, but due to the lack of well-preserved specimens, our knowledge of their anatomy has been limited. Here we report a new pistosauroid represented by a virtually