A long-snouted protorosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern China
Resource type
Journal article
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Date published
September 9, 2013
Abstract
A new protorosaur is described on the basis of a single specimen from the Ladinian of southern China. Although it has been greatly crushed, it still preserves clear details of the skull and axial skeleton. It possesses a neck that is longer than the trunk and is similar to tanystropheids in having 12 or 13 cervicals. Unusual among protorosaurs, the new form has an elongate snout. It also lacks a clear thyroid fenestra, although there is a slight separation of the pubis and ischium close to the pubic symphysis. The new form adds to the growing diversity and disparity of protorosaur taxa from the Middle Triassic of southern China.
Journal title
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Volume
33
Issue
5
Publisher
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
ISSN
0272-4634
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