Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Full reference: O. Rieppel. 2001. A new species of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Muschelkalk (Lower Ladinian) of southwestern Germany. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 263:137-161
Belongs to Nothosaurus according to O. Rieppel 2001
Sister taxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus, Elmosaurus lelmensis, Kolposaurus dichthadius, Metriorhynchus priscus, Nothosaurus cristatus, Nothosaurus cymatosauroides, Nothosaurus edingerae, Nothosaurus giganteus, Nothosaurus haasi, Nothosaurus hecki, 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: SMNS 56618, a partial skeleton (partial articulated skeleton). Its type locality is Nothosaurus jagisteus-type locality, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Meissner Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nothosaurus jagisteus-type locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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