Dianmeisaurus Shang & Li, 2015

Hu, Yi-Wei, Li, Qiang & Liu, Jun, 2024, A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China and its phylogenetic and biogeographic implications, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (1) 143 (1), pp. 1-15 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s13358-023-00292-4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12795190
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8A24D705-FFB0-BC01-E50C-F9AADCCA6F75
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dianmeisaurus Shang & Li, 2015
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Revised diagnosis

Postfrontal with a distinct constriction behind the orbit (also present in Anarosaurus , Honghesaurus , and Prosantosaurus ); distal end of sacral ribs distinctly expanded (also present in Diandongosaurus and Qianxisaurus ); interorbital septum extremely narrowed and distinctly shorter than the distance between external nares (a synapomorphy of Dianmeisaurus ); skull table with deeply concave posterior margin (also present in Dawazisaurus and Diandongosaurus ).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Eosauropterygia
Family	Pistosauridae

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