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Germanosaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Germanosaurus was named by Nopcsa (1928).

It was reranked as Cymatosaurus (Germanosaurus) by Kuhn (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Cymatosaurus by Storrs (1991).

It was assigned to Nothosaurinae by Nopsca (1928); to Cymatosauridae by Young (1965); to Cymatosaurus by Kuhn (1971); to Nothosauridae by Rieppel and Wild (1996) and Rieppel (1997); and to Germanosauridae by Rieppel (2000).

Synonyms
  • Nothosaurus latissimus was named by Gürich (1891). Its type specimen is LOST specimen, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sacrau, near Goglin, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Gogolin Formation of Poland.

    It was recombined as Eurysaurus latissimus by Arthaber (1924); it was recombined as Cymatosaurus (Germanosaurus) latissimus by Kuhn (1971); it was considered a nomen dubium by Rieppel (1997).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Nothosaurus latissimus Gürich
1924Eurysaurus latissimus Arthaber p. 476
1928Germanosaurus Nopcsa
1928Germanosaurus Nopsca p. 44
1965Germanosaurus Young p. 355
1971Cymatosaurus (Germanosaurus) Kuhn p. 18
1971Cymatosaurus (Germanosaurus) latissimus Kuhn p. 19
1996Germanosaurus Rieppel and Wild p. 3
1997Germanosaurus Rieppel pp. 15-16
2000Germanosaurus Rieppel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
familyNothosauridaeBaur 1889
genusGermanosaurusNopcsa 1928

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.

G. †Germanosaurus Nopcsa 1928
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†Germanosaurus schafferi Arthaber 1924
Invalid names: Germanosaurus latissimus Gürich 1891 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 1997A large eosauropterygian with a constricted snout and a relatively short and broad rostrum. Posterolateral process of paired frontals closely approaches upper temporal fossa; parietals paired