Proneusticosaurus
| Proneusticosaurus Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †P. silesiacus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Proneusticosaurus silesiacus Volz, 1902
| |
Proneusticosaurus is an extinct genus of basal eosauropterygian that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.
Palaeobiology
Proneusticosaurus silesiacus had a slow growth rate and lived in shallow marine environments.[1]
References
- ^ Klein, Nicole; Surmik, Dawid (2021). "Bone histology of Proneusticosaurus (Diapsida, Eosauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Poland reveals new insights into taxonomic affinities". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. doi:10.4202/app.00850.2020. Retrieved 13 April 2025.