Talk:Sauropterygia

Sauropterygian vivipary
I think it's worth a mention that a fossil of a gravid Keichousaurus hui found in 2004 (pictures) has shed light on sauropterygian reproduction. More here. --Anshelm &#39;77 (talk) 23:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Error in the first paragraph
In the first paragraph it says that xenopsaria survived the End-Cretaceous extinction event. This seemed odd so I followed the link that was referenced and it says that xenopsaria was the only lineage of plesiosaurs that survived into the Cretaceous. I changed the wording so hopefully it is more clear now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paleononomous (talk • contribs) 18:45, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Pantestundies placement on the phylogenetic tree.
Pan testundies has genetically been shown to very likely be a diapsid reptile (which is not disputed here) but it also has been shown to most likely be a sister clade to archosauriforms or at least closer it them than just a stem-saurian clade.

Sources:

•https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7007-10-65 •https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790314003819 • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.12268

I hope my points influence the change of the cladogram on this article. 좀비 브렌다 (talk) 14:52, 8 January 2022 (UTC)