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Pistosaurus, is marine reptiles extinct genus belonging sauropterygia plesiosauria fossil found in France, Germany, the Middle Triassic strata. Pistosaurus estimated length of about 3 meters long. Pistosaurus originally classified as advanced nothosauroidea, nothosauroidea Triassic aquatic reptiles, was presumably plesiosauria ancestors.