Tag Archive for 'Guanling Formation'

Holotype of Austronaga minuta discovered from Luoping, Yunnan, China, with the skull, anterior cervical vertebrae, and most of the caudal vertebrae preserved on a block. Image credit: Wang et al., doi: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.231013.

New Species of Triassic Long-Necked Marine Reptile Identified in China

Feb 17, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of small-sized dinocephalosaurid archosauromorph from the fossilized skeleton found in the Chinese...

An artist’s impression of Wumengosaurus, a sister taxon of Honghesaurus longicaudal. Image credit: Nobu Tamura / CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Species of Triassic Marine Reptile Discovered

Nov 18, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of pachypleurosaur from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China. The holotype of Dianmeisaurus mutaensis...

Triassic Marine Reptile Had Incredibly Long Tail

Jan 9, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of long-tailed pachypleurosaur from a complete skeleton found in China. An artist’s impression...