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Nothosaurus yangjuanensis
Taxonomy
Nothosaurus yangjuanensis was named by Jiang et al. (2006) [Splint-like jugal extending posteriorly to make contact with the squamosal; parietal foramen broadly rounded and followed by a shallow groove; four premaxillary fangs followed by one small conical premaxillary tooth and five small maxillary conical teeth followed by paired maxillary fangs.]. Its type specimen is GMPKU-P-1080, a skull (a complete skull exposed its dorsal and palatal views), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in the Guanling Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Nothosaurus yangjuanensis Jiang et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Nothosaurus yangjuanensis Jiang et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||