Fig. 1
From: A new pachypleurosaur from the Early Ladinian Prosanto Formation in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland
modified from Scheyer et al., 2017). B3 Schematic succession of five nearly complete specimens and the disarticulated one found in the upper Prosanto Formation near Ducanfurgga. The numbers refer to bed numbers progressing from older to younger layers
A Schematic palaeogeographic map of the Germanic and Alpine Triassic (Middle Triassic) exhibiting European pachypleurosaur occurrences and their stratigraphy. Map is based on Ziegler (2005: fig. 6), Furrer (2019: fig. 129) and references therein. I–VI, Germanic Basin localities; VII–XIII, Alpine Triassic localities. I—Pachypleurosauria indet., Iberian Peninsula (Anisian: Aiguafreda; Ladinian: Mont-ral-Alcover; Carnian: Vilanueva de la Sal); II—Neusticosaurus sp., Lorraine region, France (Ladinian); III—Anarosaurus heterodontus, Winterswijk, The Netherlands (Early to Middle Anisian); IV—Anarosaurus pumilio, Magdeburg, eastern/central Germany (Middle Anisian); V—Neusticosaurus pusillus, Hoheneck, southern Germany (Early Ladinian); VI—Dactylosaurus gracilis, Gogolin, Poland (Early Anisian); VII—Neusticosaurus toeplitschi, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria (Early Ladinian); VIII—Prosantosaurus scheffoldi nov. gen. et sp., Ducan area, SE-Switzerland (Early Ladinian); IX—Neusticosaurus toeplitschi, Gailtal Alps, Austria (Early Ladinian); X—Odoiporosaurus teruzzii, Besano, Monte San Giorgio area, Italy (Late Anisian); Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis, Monte San Giorgio area, Italy/Switzerland (latest Anisian-earliest Ladinian); Neusticosaurus pusillus, N. peyeri and N. edwardsii, Monte San Giorgio, northern Italy/southern Switzerland (Early Ladinian); XI—Neusticosaurus pusillus, Valtravaglia, Varese, Italy (Early Ladinian); XII—Pachypleurosauria indet. aff. Serpianosaurus/Neusticosaurus, West Carpathian Alps, Slovakia (Middle to Late Anisian) and Pachypleurosauria indet., Velika Planina, Slovenia (Early–Middle Anisian). Ba Barcelona; Be Berlin; Bs Basel; Bu Budapest; Fr Frankfurt a. M.; Ha Hamburg; Kr Krakow; Ly Lyon; Mr Marseille; Mu Munich; Pr Prague; Wa Warsaw; BG Burgundian Gate; SMG Silesian–Moravian Gate; ECG Eastern Carpathian Gate. B Localities and stratigraphic position of the Alpine pachypleurosaurs in Switzerland. B1 Map showing the Ducanfurgga locality relative to the UNESCO World Heritage vertebrate site of Monte San Giorgio with the pachypleurosaur-bearing beds indicated. B2 Correlation of the Middle Triassic section at Ducanfurgga (Upper Austroalpine Silvretta Nappe, south-eastern Switzerland) with that of Monte San Giorgio (southern Alps, southern Switzerland;