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Nothosaurus marchicus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus marchicus was named by Koken (1893). Its type specimen is Lost part and MR R.2 counterpart, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rüdersdorf, near Berlin: Orbicularis beds, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in the Karlstadt Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Nothosaurus marchicus Koken figs. text-figs 1-2, 3A; Plate 10, figs 1-3
1914Nothosaurus crassus Schröder
1914Nothosaurus oldenburgi Schröder
1914Nothosaurus procerus Schröder
1914Nothosaurus raabi Schröder
1944Nothosaurus schroederi Huene
1971Nothosaurus crassus Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus marchicus Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus oldenbourgi Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus procerus Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus raabi Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus schroederi Kuhn p. 18
1996Nothosaurus marchicus Rieppel and Wild p. 34
2003Nothosaurus winterswijkensis Albers and Rieppel p. 738 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
speciesmarchicusKoken 1893

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 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]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel and R. Wild 1996A species of Nothosaurus of small overall size (skull with condylobasal length not exceeding 200 mm in the adult); rostrum relatively short and broad, rounded; five fangs in each premaxilla, the fifth slightly smaller than the preceding fangs; five small maxillary teeth preceding the paired maxillary fangs; external nares relatively short and broad, kidney-shaped; nasals broad and leaf-shaped, with radiating ornamentation; postfrontal with a distinct postorbital constriction; squamosal closely approaching or contacting the posterior end of the jugal; quadratojugal absent; ectopterygoid reaching far forward up to half the length of palatine
P. C. H. Albers and O. Rieppel 2003 (Nothosaurus winterswijkensis)A relative small species of Nothosaurus (condylobasal length of the skull 126.7 mm) with the fifth premaxillary tooth distinctly smaller than the preceding premaxillary fangs; three small maxillary teeth preceding the paired maxillary fangs; jugal broadly entering the posteroventral margin of the orbit; body of vomer extending backwards for a greater distance than the longitudinal diameter of the internal naris; pineal foramen located in a distinct depression (trough).