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Nothosaurus giganteus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus giganteus was named by Münster (1834). Its type specimen is BT uncatalogued, a partial skull (skull fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oschenberg, near Laineck, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in Germany.

It was recombined as Dracosaurus giganteus by Seeley (1869).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. marchius

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Nothosaurus giganteus Munster p. 525
1834Nothosaurus giganteus Münster p. 525
1839Nothosaurus andriani Meyer
1844Nothosaurus angustifrons Meyer and Plieninger p. 47
1847Opeosaurus suevicus Meyer p. 82 figs. Plate 14, figs 7-9
1855Nothosaurus andriani Meyer p. 21
1855Nothosaurus giganteus Meyer p. 22
1855Opeosaurus suevicus Meyer p. 82
1855Nothosaurus angustifrons Meyer p. 84
1855Nothosaurus aduncidens Meyer p. 85
1860Nothosaurus andriani Owen p. 214
1860Nothosaurus angustifrons Owen p. 214
1860Nothosaurus giganteus Owen p. 214
1869Dracosaurus giganteus Seeley p. 134
1869Nothosaurus andriani Seeley p. 134
1895Nothosaurus baruthicus Geissler
1896Nothosaurus chelydrops Fraas p. 12
1898Nothosaurus aduncidens Spangenberg p. 407
1898Nothosaurus andriani Spangenberg p. 407
1898Nothosaurus angnotiferus Spangenberg p. 407
1898Nothosaurus chelydrops Spangenberg p. 407
1898Nothosaurus giganteus Spangenberg p. 407
1939Nothosaurus andriani Meyer
1939Paranothosaurus amsleri Peyer
1971Nothosaurus aduncidens Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus andriani Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus angustifrons Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus baruthicus Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus chelydrops Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus giganteus Kuhn p. 18
1971Opeosaurus suevicus Kuhn p. 19
1996Nothosaurus giganteus Rieppel and Wild pp. 3-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
familyNothosauridaeBaur 1889
genusNothosaurusMünster 1834
speciesgiganteusMünster 1834

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.

†Nothosaurus giganteus Münster 1834
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Invalid names: Nothosaurus aduncidens Meyer 1855 [synonym], Nothosaurus andriani Meyer 1839 [synonym], Nothosaurus angustifrons Meyer and Plieninger 1844 [synonym], Nothosaurus baruthicus Geissler 1895 [synonym], Nothosaurus chelydrops Fraas 1896 [synonym], Opeosaurus suevicus Meyer 1847 [synonym], Paranothosaurus amsleri Peyer 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel and R. Wild 1996A species of Nothosaurus of large size, with an adult condylobasal skull length of up to 750 mm; premaxillary rostrum relatively short and broad; four fangs on each premaxilla, followed by a distinctly smaller fifth premaxillary tooth; length to width ratio of mandibular symphysis ranging from 1.0 to 1.3; postorbital with a narrow entry into the posteroventral margin of the orbit; ectopterygoid flanges at the anterior margin of the subtemporal fossa strongly developed
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Carnian or 246.70000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Nothosaurus giganteus (130793)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Switzerland (Kanton Tessin) Paranothosaurus amsleri (86837)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nothosaurus giganteus (39763)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Bulgaria Nothosaurus giganteus (138113)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany Nothosaurus giganteus (type locality: 138096 138097 138098 138099 138100 138103 138109 138110 138111 138112) Nothosaurus giganteus, Nothosaurus aduncidens, Nothosaurus angustifrons (59927) Nothosaurus giganteus, Opeosaurus suevicus (138088) Nothosaurus sp. (138102)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Bayern) Nothosaurus giganteus (138085)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0France (Grand Est) Nothosaurus andriani (137680)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) Nothosaurus sp. (138101)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nothosaurus giganteus (138084 138089 138104)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Saudi Arabia Nothosaurus giganteus (149548)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemburg) Nothosaurus giganteus (138083)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Bavaria) Nothosaurus giganteus (138087 138105 138106 138107 138108)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Soria) Nothosaurus giganteus (196600)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (Udine) Nothosaurus giganteus (99309)