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Nothosaurus edingerae
Taxonomy
Nothosaurus edingerae was named by Schultze (1970). Its type specimen is SMF R-4035, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bodenmühle, Rotmaintal, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Germany.
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Nothosaurus edingerae Schultze p. 226 figs. Figs 1, 14; Plate 1 |
| 1996 | Nothosaurus edingerae Rieppel and Wild pp. 3-4 |
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†Nothosaurus edingerae Schultze 1970
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| O. Rieppel and R. Wild 1996 | A species of Nothosaurus of small size (total length of skull not exceeding 140 mm); posterior (nasal) processes of the premaxillae reach to a level well behind the posterior margin of the external nares; upper temporal fenestrae broad anteriorly; elongated pineal foramen located in a deep trough at two thirds of the parietal; a sagittal crest present behind the pineal foramen; basioccipital tubers equal in size to occipital condyle. |