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Sauropterygia was a diverse clade of secondary aquatic reptiles, which represented one of the most important vertebrate groups in the shallow marine communities during the Triassic. However, despite the long history of collection and examination of sauropterygian remains, previous studies have indicated that the fossil record of this group is incomplete, making the understanding of their palaeobiogeographic relations difficult. Here we describe new sauropterygian remains from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) Templomhegy Dolomite Member (Villány, southern Hungary), which were unearthed during systematic fieldwork of previous years. Among several non-diagnostic sauropterygian remains, this material contains isolated bones belonging to  Nothosaurus  sp., Simosauridae indet. and a small-sized nothosaurid. The known faunal composition from Villány is similar to what was described from the Middle Triassic of the Germanic Basin and Bihor Mountains (northwestern Romania). Besides isolated elements, a probably associated skeleton of a small-sized eosauropterygian specimen of unknown affinities is also reported here. This locality widens our knowledge on Triassic sauropterygian distribution and provides new information about the previously not well-known Middle Triassic vertebrate fauna of the one-time southern Eurasian shelf region.

palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironments

Sauropterygian remains from the Middle Triassic of Villány, Hungary—new information on the aquatic reptile fauna of Tisza Megaunit (Triassic southern Eurasian shelf region)