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Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian
Neusticosaurus pusillus.JPG
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

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.


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