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Lariosaurus winkelhorsti

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus winkelhorsti was named by Klein and Albers (2009) [A small species of Nothosaurus with a skull-condylobasal length of 46 mm; skull length to ratio of skull length/upper temporal length distinctly different to N. marchicus and N. winterswijkensis; fused premaxillae and nasals; straight rectangular and broad parietals; short posterior extend of maxilla; fully developed massive braincase elements; an overall low number of maxillary teeth.]. Its type specimen is NMNHL RGM 443825, a skull (almost complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steengroeve Winterswijk, which is in an Anisian peritidal limestone in the Vossenveld Formation of the Netherlands.

It was recombined as Lariosaurus winkelhorsti by Lin et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Nothosaurus winkelhorsti Klein and Albers figs. 1-6
2017Lariosaurus winkelhorsti Lin et al.

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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
familyNothosauridaeBaur 1889
subfamilyNothosaurinaeNopcsa 1923
genusLariosaurusCurioni 1847
specieswinkelhorsti()

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.

Lariosaurus winkelhorsti Klein and Albers 2009
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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: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Netherlands (Gelderland) Nothosaurus winkelhorsti (type locality: 96875)