Pistosaurus
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pistosaurus-298-4557128
title:
Pistosaurus
text:
Pistosaurus is an extinct genus of aquatic sauropterygian reptile closely related to plesiosaurs. Fossils have been found in France and Germany, and date to the Middle Triassic. It contains a single species, Pistosaurus longaevus. Pistosaurus is known as the oldest "subaquatic flying" reptile on earth. The skull of Pistosaurus generally resembles that of other Triassic sauropterygians. However, there are several synapomorphies that make Pistosaurus distinguished: the long, slender, snout; the po
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of reptiles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistosaurus
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date modified:
2024-02-23T12:09:57Z
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