Pistosaurus
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| Pistosaurus Fossil range: Mid Triassic |
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 Pistosaurus longaevus from the middle Triassic of Europe
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Pistosaurus longaevus is a genus of acuatic sauropterygian reptile belonging to the plesiosaur order.
Pistosaurus was a advanced nothosaur-like body with a plesiosaur-like head. Is presently known only from the Middle Triassic. Even if it is a nothosaur it is acknowledged to be closely related to the ancestors of plesiosaurs.
