Tanystropheidae

Tanystropheidae Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeletal reconstruction of Tanystropheus longobardicus
Life restoration of Langobardisaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	†Tanysauria
Family:	†Tanystropheidae Gervais, 1858
Genera[4]
List of genera †Amotosaurus †Augustaburiania †Cosesaurus †Elessaurus? †Exilisuchus? †Fuyuansaurus? †Gracilicollum?[1] †Gwyneddosaurus †Langobardisaurus †Luxisaurus[2] †Macrocnemus †Ozimek?[3] †Pectodens? †Protanystropheus? †Raibliania †Sclerostropheus? †Sharovipteryx?[3] †Tanystropheus †Tanytrachelos

Tanystropheidae is an extinct

Tanystropheids are known from Europe, Asia (Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia), North America^[5] and probably South America (Brazil).^[6] The presence of tanystropheids in Europe and China indicate that they lived along much of the coastline of the Tethys Ocean.^[7] However, species in western North America are found in terrestrial deposits, suggesting that as a group, tanystropheids were ecologically diverse.^[5]

Relationships among tanystropheid species have been difficult to resolve because most specimens were flattened during fossilization and are preserved two-dimensionally. Three-dimensional fossils are known from Europe and North America.^[5]

Phylogeny

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A later 2024 study grouped Tanystropheidae along with Trachelosauridae in the new clade Tanysauria.^[9]

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