Proneusticosaurus

Proneusticosaurus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Genus: †
Species:
†P. silesiacus
Binomial name
†Proneusticosaurus silesiacus
Volz, 1902

Proneusticosaurus is an extinct genus of basal eosauropterygian that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.

Palaeobiology

Proneusticosaurus silesiacus had a slow growth rate and lived in shallow marine environments.[1]

References

  1. ^ Klein, Nicole; Surmik, Dawid (2021). "Bone histology of Proneusticosaurus (Diapsida, Eosauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Poland reveals new insights into taxonomic affinities". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. doi:10.4202/app.00850.2020. Retrieved 13 April 2025.


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