Published January 5, 2024 | Version v1
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Dianmeisaurus Shang & Li 2015

  • 1. School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University
  • 2. School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University & Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany

Description

Dianmeisaurus Shang & Li, 2015 Revised diagnosis

Postfrontal with a distinct constriction behind the orbit (also present in Anarosaurus, Honghesaurus, and Prosantosaurus); distal end of sacral ribs distinctly expanded (also present in Diandongosaurus and Qianxisaurus); interorbital septum extremely narrowed and distinctly shorter than the distance between external nares (a synapomorphy of Dianmeisaurus); skull table with deeply concave posterior margin (also present in Dawazisaurus and Diandongosaurus).

Notes

Published as part of Hu, Yi-Wei, Li, Qiang & Liu, Jun, 2024, A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China and its phylogenetic and biogeographic implications, pp. 1-15 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (1) (1) 143 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-023-00292-4, http://zenodo.org/record/12004248

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Biodiversity

Family
Pistosauridae
Genus
Dianmeisaurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Eosauropterygia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Shang & Li
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dianmeisaurus Shang, 2015 sec. Hu, Li & Liu, 2024