Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Synonyms: Dracosaurus Munster 1834, Elmosaurus Huene 1957, Kolposaurus Skuphos 1893, Opeosaurus Meyer 1847, Paranothosaurus Peyer 1939, Shingyisaurus Young 1965
Parent taxon: Nothosauridae according to P. C. H. Albers and O. Rieppel 2003
See also Carroll 1988, Chrzastek 2008, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, d'Orbigny 1849, Hay 1902, Hinz et al. 2019, Jiang et al. 2006, Klein and Albers 2009, Kuhn 1971, Leidy 1873, Liu et al. 2014, Lydekker 1889, Meyer 1845, Nopsca 1928, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Rieppel 1994, Rieppel 1994, Rieppel 1995, Rieppel 1998, Rieppel 1998, Rieppel 2000, Rieppel 2001, Rieppel et al. 1997, Rieppel and Wild 1996, Sepkoski 2002, Sues 1987 and Young 1965
Sister taxa: Brevicaudosaurus, Ceresiosaurus, Germanosaurus, Lamprosauroides, Metanothosaurus, Micronothosaurus, Nothosaurinae, Nothosaurus cuvieri
Subtaxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus Elmosaurus lelmensis Kolposaurus dichthadius Metriorhynchus priscus Nothosaurus cristatus 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
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (4), France (1), Germany (50), Hungary (1), Israel (5), Italy (3), Jordan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 74 collections including 101 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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