Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Belongs to Nothosaurus according to O. Rieppel and R. Wild 1996
Sister taxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus, Elmosaurus lelmensis, Kolposaurus dichthadius, Metriorhynchus priscus, Nothosaurus cristatus, Nothosaurus cymatosauroides, 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: SMF R-4035, a skull. Its type locality is Bodenmühle, Rotmaintal, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bodenmühle, Rotmaintal
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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