Augustasaurus
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Augustasaurus is a genus of aquatic sauropterygian reptile belonging to the Pistosauria, a clade containing plesiosaurs and their close relatives. Pistosaurus and Augustasaurus were thought to be the only known members of the family Pistosauridae.[1] However, some recent cladistic analyses found Augustasaurus to be a more advanced pistosaur, as a sister group of the order Plesiosauria.[2][3] The only known species of Augustasaurus is Augustasaurus hagdorni, which was first described in 1997.
Quick Facts Augustasaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Scientific classification ...
Augustasaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
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Skull of Augustasaurus hagdorni in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Clade: | †Eosauropterygia |
Clade: | †Pistosauroidea |
Clade: | †Pistosauria |
Genus: | †Augustasaurus Sander et al., 1997 |
Type species | |
†Augustasaurus hagdorni Sander et al., 1997 |
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