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Nothosaurus haasi

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus haasi was named by Rieppel et al. (1997). Its type specimen is HUJ-Pal.225, a skull (Complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nothosaurus haasi-type locality, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian marine horizon in the Saharonim Formation of Israel.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. marchius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Nothosaurus haasi Rieppel et al.

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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
specieshaasi

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 haasi Rieppel et al. 1997
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Israel (Neguev) Nothosaurus haasi (type locality: 194778)