Neuticosaurus

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Neuticosaurus Fossil range: Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Nothosauria Genus: Neuticosaurus

Neuticosaurus (also spelled as Neusticosaurus) is an extinct genus of marine reptile belonging to the nothosaur order. At 18 cm (8 in) long, it was one of the smallest nothosaurs. Neuticosaurus probably fed on small fish.

[edit] In Popular culture

In the series Chased by sea monsters, neuticosaurus caught a fish that was injured by a much larger nothosaur.This did not happen in the film, but it is wrote in the book of the film.^{[citation needed]}