Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Parent taxon: Eosauropterygia according to P. C. H. Albers and O. Rieppel 2003
See also Carroll 1988, Chrzastek 2008, Hinz et al. 2019, Jaekel 1910, Jiang et al. 2006, Klein and Albers 2009, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Liu et al. 2014, Lydekker 1889, Nopsca 1928, Rieppel 1994, Rieppel 1997, Rieppel 1998, Rieppel 2000, Rieppel 2001, Rieppel et al. 1997, Rieppel and Wild 1996, Young 1965 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Corosaurus, Cymatosauridae, Dawazisaurus, Diandongosaurus, Hispaniasaurus, Majiashanosaurus, Nothosauroidea, Nothosaurus picardi, Pachypleurosauria, Pachypleurosauroidea, Pistosauroidea, Qianxisaurus, Wumengosaurus
Subtaxa: Brevicaudosaurus Ceresiosaurus Germanosaurus Lamprosauroides Metanothosaurus Micronothosaurus Nothosaurinae Nothosaurus Nothosaurus cuvieri
Type: Brevicaudosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), China (11), France (2), Germany (54), Hungary (1), Israel (6), Italy (9), Jordan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (3), Switzerland (14), United States (1: California)
Total: 110 collections including 149 occurrences