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Nothosaurus mirabilis

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy

Nothosaurus mirabilis was named by Münster (1834). Its type specimen is BT uncatalogued, a partial skeleton (anterior part of the lower jaw and most of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oschenberg, near Laineck, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. marchius

Synonyms

Dracosaurus bronni was named by Auct (1834). Its type specimen is MHNP AC.9559 (cast) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nothosaurus mirabilis by Lydekker (1889), Rieppel and Wild (1996).
Nothosaurus muensteri was named by Meyer (1847).

It was synonymized subjectively with Nothosaurus mirabilis by Rieppel and Wild (1996).
Nothosaurus bergeri was named by Meyer (1834). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Molsdorf, Arnstadt, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay horizon in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nothosaurus mirabilis by Kuhn (1971), Rieppel and Wild (1996).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1834	Dracosaurus bronni Auct
1834	Nothosaurus bergeri Meyer pp. 29-33 figs. Gö 756-1
1834	Nothosaurus mirabilis Münster
1847	Nothosaurus muensteri Meyer
1855	Nothosaurus mirabilis Meyer p. 15
1855	Nothosaurus muensteri Meyer p. 20
1855	Nothosaurus bergeri Meyer p. 150
1859	Nothosaurus mirabilis Owen p. 143
1860	Nothosaurus mirabilis Owen p. 210
1861	Nothosaurus mirabilis Owen p. 229
1869	Nothosaurus mirabilis Seeley p. 134
1889	Nothosaurus mirabilis Lydekker p. 288
1898	Nothosaurus muensteri Spangenberg p. 407
1921	Nothosaurus bergeri Edinger pp. 29-33 figs. Gö 756-1
1928	Nothosaurus mirabilis Perrier p. 3090
1934	Nothosaurus mirabilis Swinton p. 62
1971	Nothosaurus mirabilis Kuhn p. 18
1971	Nothosaurus muensteri Kuhn p. 18
1996	Nothosaurus mirabilis Rieppel and Wild pp. 55-58
2008	Nothosaurus mirabilis Chrzastek p. 232 fig. 6J

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
suborder	Sauropterygia
order	Eosauropterygia
family	Nothosauridae	Baur 1889
genus	Nothosaurus	Münster 1834
species	mirabilis	Münster 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 mirabilis Münster 1834

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Invalid names: Dracosaurus bronni Auct 1834 [synonym], Nothosaurus bergeri Meyer 1834 [synonym], Nothosaurus muensteri Meyer 1847 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
O. Rieppel and R. Wild 1996	A species of Nothosaurus of intermediate size with an adult condylobasal skull length of up to 460 mm; rostrum long and slender with parallel lateral edges; length-to-width ratio of mandibular symphysis 1.5-1.7; five fangs on each premaxilla; four small maxillary teeth preceding the paired maxillary fangs; rostral constriction weakly expressed; external nares long and slender; upper temporal fenestra elongate, with a constricted anterior corner and with the maxillary tooth row extending to a level below its midpoint; high neural spines on dorsal vertebrae.

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Anisian	247.2 - 242.0	Germany (Thuringia)	Nothosaurus mirabilis (138118)
Anisian	247.2 - 242.0	Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)	Nothosaurus mirabilis (138123)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Germany (Bavaria)	Nothosaurus mirabilis (138087 138106)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Nothosaurus mirabilis (138089)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Germany	Nothosaurus mirabilis (59927 type locality: 138096 138097 138124)
Longobardian	242.0 - 235.0	Germany (Thuringia)	Nothosaurus bergeri (106359)
Longobardian	242.0 - 235.0	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Nothosaurus mirabilis (106357)