Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Alternative combination: Dracosaurus giganteus
Synonyms: Nothosaurus aduncidens Meyer 1855, Nothosaurus andriani Meyer 1839, Nothosaurus angnotiferus Meyer and Plieninger 1844, Nothosaurus angustifrons Meyer and Plieninger 1844, Nothosaurus baruthicus Geissler 1895, Nothosaurus chelydrops Fraas 1896, Opeosaurus suevicus Meyer 1847, Paranothosaurus amsleri Peyer 1939
Belongs to Nothosaurus according to O. Rieppel and R. Wild 1996
See also Fraas 1896, Kuhn 1971, Lydekker 1889, Meyer 1855, Meyer and Plieninger 1844, Owen 1860, Rieppel 1994, Seeley 1869 and Spangenberg 1898
Sister taxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus, Elmosaurus lelmensis, Kolposaurus dichthadius, Metriorhynchus priscus, Nothosaurus cristatus, Nothosaurus cymatosauroides, Nothosaurus edingerae, Nothosaurus haasi, Nothosaurus hecki, Nothosaurus jagisteus, Nothosaurus marchicus, Nothosaurus mirabilis, Nothosaurus occiduus, Nothosaurus rostellatus, Nothosaurus schimperi, Nothosaurus tchernowi, Nothosaurus unexpectus, Nothosaurus venustus, Nothosaurus yangjuanensis, Nothosaurus zhangi, Plesiosaurus speciosus, Simosaurus mougeoti
Type specimens:
- Nothosaurus giganteus: BT uncatalogued, a partial skull (skull fragments). Its type locality is Oschenberg, near Laineck, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in Germany.
- Nothosaurus aduncidens: 4200, a partial skull (premaxillae). Its type locality is Upper Muschelkalk, Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg, which is in a Ladinian shallow subtidal limestone in Germany.
- Nothosaurus andriani: BT uncatalogued, a skull.
- Nothosaurus angustifrons: SMNS 51972, a skull. Its type locality is Upper Muschelkalk, Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg, which is in a Ladinian shallow subtidal limestone in Germany.
- Nothosaurus baruthicus: SMF R-475, a skull.
- Nothosaurus chelydrops: SMNS 7162.
- Opeosaurus suevicus: SMNS 4141, a mandible. Its type locality is Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in Germany.
- Paranothosaurus amsleri:
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (1), Germany (26), Italy (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 32 collections including 35 occurrences
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