Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Full reference: O. Rieppel, J.-M. Mazin, and E. Tchernov. 1997. Speciation along rifting continental margins: a new nothosaur from the Negev (Israel). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Série IIA, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 326:991-997
Belongs to Nothosaurus according to O. Rieppel et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus, Elmosaurus lelmensis, Kolposaurus dichthadius, Metriorhynchus priscus, Nothosaurus cristatus, Nothosaurus cymatosauroides, Nothosaurus edingerae, Nothosaurus giganteus, 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: HUJ-Pal.225, a skull (Complete skull). Its type locality is Nothosaurus haasi-type locality, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian marine horizon in the Saharonim Formation of Israel.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nothosaurus haasi-type locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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