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Neusticosaurus pusillus

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Simosaurus pusillus was named by Fraas (1881).

It was recombined as Neusticosaurus pusillus by Seeley (1882), Gürich (1884), Lydekker (1889), Spangenberg (1898), Kuhn (1971), Sander (1989), Rieppel (1995), Rieppel and Lin (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. pusilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Simosaurus pusillus Fraas p. 319
1882Neusticosaurus pusillus Seeley p. 350
1884Neusticosaurus pusillus Gürich p. 130
1889Neusticosaurus pusillus Lydekker p. 285
1898Neusticosaurus pusillus Spangenberg p. 407
1971Neusticosaurus pusillus Kuhn p. 17
1989Neusticosaurus pusillus Sander p. 576
1995Neusticosaurus pusillus Rieppel p. 206
1995Neusticosaurus pusillus Rieppel and Lin p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyPachypleurosauroidea
familyPachypleurosauridae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusNeusticosaurus()
speciespusillus(Fraas 1881)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Neusticosaurus pusillus (101873)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Lecco) Neusticosaurus pusillus (120901)