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Nothosaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Conchiosaurus clavatus Meyer
1834Nothosaurus schimperi Meyer
1834Nothosaurus venustus Munster p. 525
1834Plesiosaurus speciosus Munster p. 525
1834Dracosaurus Munster p. 526
1834Metriorhynchus priscus Münster
1834Nothosaurus Münster
1845Nothosaurus Meyer p. 281
1847Simosaurus mougeoti Meyer
1847Opeosaurus Meyer p. 82 figs. Plate 14, figs 7-9
1849Nothosaurus d'Orbigny p. 211
1859Nothosaurus Owen p. 143
1859Conchiosaurus clavatus Owen p. 144
1860Nothosaurus Owen p. 210
1860Conchiosaurus clavatus Owen p. 214
1860Nothosaurus schimperi Owen p. 214
1860Nothosaurus venustus Owen p. 214
1861Nothosaurus Owen p. 229
1861Nothosaurus schimperi Owen p. 233
1861Conchiosaurus clavatus Owen p. 234
1869Nothosaurus venustus Seeley p. 134
1869Conchiosaurus clavatus Seeley p. 135
1871Nothosaurus Cope p. 235
1873Nothosaurus Leidy p. 345
1875Nothosaurus Cope p. 15
1889Nothosaurus Lydekker p. 288
1893Kolposaurus Skuphos p. 14
1893Kolposaurus dichthadius Skuphos p. 14
1894Nothosaurus hecki Fritsch
1902Nothosaurus Hay p. 457
1928Nothosaurus Nopsca p. 44
1939Paranothosaurus Peyer
1957Elmosaurus Huene
1957Elmosaurus lelmensis Huene
1965Shingyisaurus unexpectus Young p. 316 figs. Pl. 4-5
1965Shingyisaurus Young p. 318
1965Shingyisaurus unexpectus Young p. 341 figs. Plates 4-5
1965Elmosaurus Young p. 354
1965Nothosaurus Young p. 355
1965Paranothosaurus Young p. 355
1971Elmosaurus Kuhn p. 17
1971Elmosaurus lelmensis Kuhn p. 17
1971Nothosaurus Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus hecki Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus schimperi Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus venustus Kuhn p. 18
1971Paranothosaurus Kuhn p. 18
1971Conchiosaurus clavatus Kuhn p. 19
1971Opeosaurus Kuhn p. 19
1971Simosaurus mougeoti Kuhn p. 19
1987Nothosaurus Sues p. 187
1987Paranothosaurus Sues p. 187
1988Nothosaurus Carroll
1988Paranothosaurus Carroll
1994Nothosaurus Rieppel p. 10 fig. 1
1995Nothosaurus Rieppel p. 734
1996Nothosaurus Rieppel and Wild p. 3
1997Nothosaurus Rieppel et al.
2000Nothosaurus Rieppel
2001Nothosaurus Rieppel
2002Elmosaurus Sepkoski
2002Nothosaurus Sepkoski
2002Paranothosaurus Sepkoski
2002Shingyisaurus Sepkoski
2003Nothosaurus Albers and Rieppel p. 738 figs. 1-4
2006Nothosaurus Jiang et al.
2008Nothosaurus Chrzastek p. 232
2009Nothosaurus Klein and Albers
2014Nothosaurus Liu et al.
2019Nothosaurus Hinz et al.

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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
genusNothosaurusMünster 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.

G. †Nothosaurus Münster 1834
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Nothosaurus cristatus Hinz et al. 2019
Nothosaurus edingerae Schultze 1970
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]
Nothosaurus haasi Rieppel et al. 1997
Nothosaurus jagisteus Rieppel 2001
Nothosaurus marchicus Koken 1893
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Invalid names: Nothosaurus crassus Schröder 1914 [synonym], Nothosaurus oldenburgi Schröder 1914 [synonym], Nothosaurus procerus Schröder 1914 [synonym], Nothosaurus raabi Schröder 1914 [synonym], Nothosaurus schroederi Huene 1944 [synonym], Nothosaurus winterswijkensis Albers and Rieppel 2003 [synonym]
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]
Nothosaurus occiduus Leidy 1870
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Invalid names: Nothosaurus rostellatus Shang 2006 [objective synonym]
Nothosaurus tchernowi Haas 1980
Nothosaurus yangjuanensis Jiang et al. 2006
Nothosaurus zhangi Liu et al. 2014
Invalid names: Conchiosaurus clavatus Meyer 1833 [nomen dubium], Dracosaurus Munster 1834 [synonym], Elmosaurus Huene 1957 [synonym], Elmosaurus lelmensis Huene 1957 [nomen dubium], Kolposaurus Skuphos 1893 [synonym], Kolposaurus dichthadius Skuphos 1893 [nomen dubium], Metriorhynchus priscus Münster 1834 [nomen nudum], Nothosaurus hecki Fritsch 1894 [nomen dubium], Nothosaurus schimperi Meyer 1834 [nomen dubium], Nothosaurus unexpectus Young 1965 [nomen dubium], Nothosaurus venustus Munster 1834 [nomen dubium], Opeosaurus Meyer 1847 [synonym], Paranothosaurus Peyer 1939 [synonym], Plesiosaurus speciosus Munster 1834 [nomen nudum], Shingyisaurus Young 1965 [synonym], Simosaurus mougeoti Meyer 1847 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 1995"Medium-sized to large eusauropterygians with a longirostrine skull, constricted snout, large and elongated upper temporal fossae, posteriorly displaced pineal foramen, paired fangs in the maxilla, enlarged fangs in the posterior symphyseal area of the lower jaw, lower jaw symphysis distinctly elongated and distinctly set off from lower jaw ramus, vertebrae platycoelous and non-notochordal with short and stout transverse processes."
O. Rieppel and R. Wild 1996Small to large eusauropterygians of the family Nothosauridae; maxillary tooth row extending well beyond level of anterior margin of upper temporal fenestra; paired maxillary fangs followed by a palisade of densely set, distinctly smaller, conical teeth; longitudinal diameter of the upper temporal fenestra between two and four times the longitudinal diameter of the orbit; never more than three ossifications in carpus or tarsus of adult.