Neusticosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian |
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Neusticosaurus pusillus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Nothosauroidea |
Family: | †Pachypleurosauridae |
Genus: |
†Neusticosaurus Seeley, 1882 |
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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.