Atopodentatus unicus Cheng et al. 2014 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Sauropterygia

Full reference: L. Cheng, X. -H. Chen, Q. Shang and X. Wu. 2014. A new marine reptile from the Triassic of China, with a highly specialized feeding adaptation. Natuwissenschaften

Belongs to Atopodentatus according to L. Cheng et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WIGM SPC V 1107, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skeleton with the left lateral side of the skull poorly preserved). Its type locality is Dawazi, upper vertebrate horizon (=Member 2), Luoping County, which is in a Pelsonian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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