Nothosaurus cristatus Hinz et al. 2019 (diapsid)

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

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