Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Full reference: J. K. Hinz, A. T. Matzke, and H.-U. Pfretzschner. 2019. A new nothosaur (Sauropterygia) from the Ladinian of Vellberg-Eschenau, southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Belongs to Nothosaurus according to J. K. Hinz et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus, Elmosaurus lelmensis, Kolposaurus dichthadius, Metriorhynchus priscus, Nothosaurus cymatosauroides, Nothosaurus edingerae, Nothosaurus giganteus, Nothosaurus haasi, Nothosaurus hecki, Nothosaurus jagisteus, Nothosaurus marchicus, Nothosaurus mirabilis, Nothosaurus occiduus, Nothosaurus rostellatus, Nothosaurus schimperi, Nothosaurus tchernowi, Nothosaurus unexpectus, Nothosaurus venustus, Nothosaurus yangjuanensis, Nothosaurus zhangi, Plesiosaurus speciosus, Simosaurus mougeoti
Type specimen: GPIT/RE/09800, a skull (Almost complete skull, lacking mandible). Its type locality is Nothosaurus cristatus-type locality, which is in a Ladinian marine marl in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nothosaurus cristatus-type locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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