- Source: Wapitisaurus
Wapitisaurus is an extinct genus of thalattosaur from the Early Triassic. Its type and only species is Wapitisaurus problematicus. Its remains were discovered in the Vega-Phroso Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation in British Columbia, Canada.
Wapitisaurus was originally described as a member of Weigeltisauridae, a family of gliding reptiles that otherwise is only known from the Permian period. However, subsequent study determined it was a member of Thalattosauria, a group of unusual marine reptiles that lived during the Triassic period. The length of Wapitisaurus has been estimated to be between 1 and 1.9 metres (3.3 and 6.2 ft), similar to other thalattosaurs.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hylonomus
- Neodiapsida
- Romeria (reptil)
- Protorothyrididae
- Gansurhinus
- Protorothyris
- Romeriida
- Eureptilia
- Sauria
- Wapitisaurus
- List of marine reptiles
- Thalattosauroidea
- Clarazia
- Weigeltisauridae
- Pachystropheus
- Thalattosauria
- Askeptosaurus
- Thalattosaurus
- Endennasaurus
