![]() ![]() Except for the distinct anterolateral process of the clavicle, this taxon is very similar to Dinopachysaurus dingi, which is from the same locality and the same stratigraphic level, and of similar body size. “The eosauropterygian Diandongosaurus acutidentatus, first reported from the Upper Member of the Guanling Formation (Anisian, Middle Triassic) at Luoping, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, is a small pachypleurosaur-like form characterized by the following features: enlarged and procumbent teeth in the premaxilla and anterior portion of the dentary, fang-like maxillary teeth, clavicle with a distinct anterolateral process, 19 cervical and 19 dorsal vertebrae, and ungual phalanges of the pes extremely expanded. At 72 dpi this image is 6/10 the original size.The last common ancestor of Diandongosaurus and Pachypleurosaurus was a sister to Anarosaurus at the base of the Sauropterygia. Diandongosaurus exposed in ventral view, skull in dorsal view. ![]()
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