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SAUROPTERYGIA: EARLY MARINE REPTILES, SOME ARMOURED

The sauropterygians are one of the early reptilian clades which specialised in aquatic life, encompassing the likes of the nothosaurs, turtle-like placoderms and the forebears of the plesiosaurs and pliosaurs.

 
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Sauropterygia
†Atopodentatus
 
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Sauropterygia | Helveticosauridae
†Eusaurosphargis
 
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Sauropterygia | Helveticosauridae
†Helveticosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Saurosphargidae
†Largocephalosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Saurosphargidae
†Saurosphargis
 
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Sauropterygia | Saurosphargidae
†Sinosaurosphargis
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes
†Palatodonta
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes
†Pararcus
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Placodontoidea | Paraplacodontidae
†Paraplacodus
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Placodontoidea | Placodontidae
†Placodus
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea
†Sinocyamodus
 
Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea
†Psephosauriscus
 
Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea
†Psephosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Cyamodontidae
†Cyamodus
 
Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Cyamodontidae
†Protenodontosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Henodontidae
†Henodus
 
Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Henodontidae
†Parahenodus
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Placochelyidae
†Psephoderma
 
Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Placochelyidae
†Glyphoderma
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Placochelyidae
†Placochelys
 
Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Placochelyidae
†Psephosauriscus
 
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Sauropterygia | Placodontiformes | Placodontia | Cyamodontoidea | Placochelyidae
†Psephochelys
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia
†Panzhousaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea
†Brevicaudosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Nothosauria | Simonsauridae
†Simosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Nothosauria | Nothosauridae
†Germanosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Nothosauria | Nothosauridae | Nothosaurinae
†Nothosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Nothosauria | Nothosauridae | Lariosaurinae
†Lariosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Nothosauria | Nothosauridae | Lariosaurinae
†Ceresiosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Nothosauria | Nothosauridae | Lariosaurinae
†Silvestrosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Majiashanosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Diandongosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Dianmeisaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Dawazisaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Panzhousaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Hanosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Honghesaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Qianxisaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria
†Wumengosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Keichousauridae
†Dianopachysaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Keichousauridae
†Keichousaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Dactylosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Anarosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Odoiporosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Serpianosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Neusticosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Prosantosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Qianxisaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Luopingosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Pachypleurosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae
†Chusaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea
†Chinchenia
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea
†Kwangsisaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea
†Wangosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea | Corosauridae
†Corosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea | Cymatosauridae
†Cymatosaurus
 
Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea | Pistosauria
†Bobosaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea | Pistosauria
†Yunguisaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea | Pistosauria
†Augustasaurus
 
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Sauropterygia | Eosauropterygia | Pistosauroidea | Pistosauria | Pistosauridae
†Pistosaurus
 
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