Odoiporosaurus

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Odoiporosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
File:Odoiporosaurus teruzzii 434.JPG
Fossil in Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Suborder: Pachypleurosauria
Family: Pachypleurosauridae
Genus: Odoiporosaurus
Renesto et al., 2014
Type species
Odoiporosaurus teruzzii
Renesto et al., 2014
File:Odoiporosaurus teruzzii skull.JPG
Skull

Odoiporosaurus is an extinct genus of pachypleurosaur known from the Middle Triassic (middle Anisian stage) Besano Formation (Grenzbitumenzone) of northern Italy. It contains a single species, Odoiporosaurus teruzzii. Odoiporosaurus is the sister taxon of the group formed by Serpianosaurus and Neusticosaurus, and together with the older and more primitive Dactylosaurus plus Anarosaurus clade, they form a monophyletic group of European pachypleurosaurids.[1]

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