Sauropterygian vertebrate remains from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of the proximity of Calasparra (Murcia, Spain) are described here. They represent the first documented Triassic vertebrate remains found in the Province of Murcia, and the first in the Subbetic domain of the Betic Cordillera (Southeastern Spain). These new remains consist of incomplete vertebrae, some fragmented neural spine apophyses, fragments of transverse processes, a partial thoracic vertebrae mould and one isolated thoracic vertebral centrum, seemingly of a single specimen. Their features permit to refer them to the suborder Eusauropterygia. These fossils have been found in the middle part of the upper member of the Cehegín Formation. The biostratigraphical framework of the Cehegín Formation consists of a relatively abundant fossil content that allowed its attribution to the uppermost Fassanian (Lower Ladinian). The sedimentary features and the palaeontological content of the site are typical of an epicontinental platform.

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Betic Cordillera（西班牙东南部）的亚带海域的三叠纪中的第一个三叠纪四足动物（Eusauropterygia）

这里描述了来自Calasparra（西班牙穆尔西亚）附近的拉丁（中三叠纪）的蜥脚类脊椎动物。它们代表了在穆尔西亚省发现的第一个有记录的三叠纪脊椎动物遗骸，以及在Betic Cordillera（西班牙东南部）的Subbetic域中的第一个三叠纪脊椎动物遗骸。这些新的遗骸包括不完整的椎骨，一些破碎的神经脊椎骨萎缩症，横突的碎片，部分胸椎骨霉菌和一个孤立的胸椎椎体，看似是单个标本。它们的功能使他们可以将其引至亚目翼龙目。这些化石被发现在塞赫金组上部的中部。Cehegín组的生物地层学框架由相对丰富的化石含量组成，这使其归因于最上层的Fassanian（下拉丁）。该地点的沉积特征和古生物学内容是陆上平台的典型特征。