Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian
Neusticosaurus pusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Nothosauroidea
Family: Pachypleurosauridae
Genus: Neusticosaurus
Seeley, 1882
Species
  • N. edwardsi (Cornalia, 1854 [originally Pachypleura])
  • N. peyeri Sander, 1989
  • N. pusillus (Fraas, 1881 [originally Simosaurus]) (type)
  • N. staubi (Kuhn-Schnyder, 1959 [originally Pachypleurosaurus]) (nomen dubium)
  • N. toeplitschi (Nopcsa, 1928 [originally Psilotrachelosaurus])
Synonyms
Several Neuticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Neuticosaurus edwardsi

Neusticosaurus (sometimes misspelled Neuticosaurus) ("swimming lizard"), is an extinct genus of marine reptile belonging to the nothosaur order, from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. At 18 cm (8 in) long, it was one of the smallest nothosaurs. Neusticosaurus probably fed on small fish.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, September 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.