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PISTOSAURUS
(piss-toe-sore-us)
Pistosaurus
Named By: Meyer in 1839
Time Period: Middle Triassic, Anisian-Ladinian
Location: Europe
Size: Around 3 meters long
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): At least two individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Pistosauroidea |
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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

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