Pomolispondylus Explained

Pomolispondylus (meaning "knobbly vertebra" in Greek) is an extinct genus of reptile known from the Early Triassic Jialingjiang Formation of China. It contains a single species, Pomolispondylus biani.[1]

Phylogenetic analysis found it to be most closely related to Saurosphargidae, a Middle Triassic family of marine reptiles. The describing authors erected a new group, Saurosphargiformes, including both Pomolispondylus and Saurosphargidae.

Notes and References

  1. Cheng . Long . C. Moon . Benjamin . Yan . Chunbo . Motani . Ryosuke . Jiang . Dayong . An . Zhihui . Fang . Zichen . 2022-07-14 . The oldest record of Saurosphargiformes (Diapsida) from South China could fill an ecological gap in the Early Triassic biotic recovery . PeerJ . en . 10 . e13569 . 10.7717/peerj.13569 . 2167-8359. free . 9288826 .