Lariosaurus winkelhorsti Klein and Albers 2009

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Alternative combination: Nothosaurus winkelhorsti

Full reference: N. Klein and P. C. H. Albers. 2009. A new species of the sauropsid reptile Nothosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of the western Germanic Basin, Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):589-598

Belongs to Lariosaurus according to W. B. Lin et al. 2017

See also Klein and Albers 2009

Sister taxa: Lariosaurus balsami, Lariosaurus buzzii, Lariosaurus curionii, Lariosaurus hongguoensis, Lariosaurus juvenilis, Lariosaurus lavizzarii, Lariosaurus sanxiaensis, Lariosaurus teutonicus, Lariosaurus valceresii, Lariosaurus vosseveldensis, Lariosaurus xingyiensis, Lariosaurus youngi, Rhaeticonia rothpletzi

Type specimen: NMNHL RGM 443825, a skull (almost complete skull). Its type locality is Steengroeve Winterswijk, which is in an Anisian peritidal limestone in the Vossenveld Formation of the Netherlands.

Distribution: found only at Steengroeve Winterswijk

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