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Nothosaurus giganteus

Description

Nothosaurus ("false lizard", from the Ancient Greek nothos (νόθος), "illegitimate", and sauros (σαῦρος), "lizard") is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile from the Triassic period, approximately 240-210 million years ago, with fossils being distributed from North Africa and Europe to China. It is the best known member of the nothosaur order.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8628727https://www.gbif.org/species/8628727
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)171758https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=171758
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus giganteus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosauropterygia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus giganteus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
orderSauropterygiaOwen 1861
orderEosauropterygiaRieppel 1994
familyNothosauridaeBaur 1889
genusNothosaurusMünster 1834
speciesNothosaurus giganteusMünster 1834
Generic NameNothosaurus
Scientific NameNothosaurus giganteus Münster, 1834
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nothosaurus giganteusspeciesbelongs to Nothosaurusstated with evidenceMunster, 1834
Nothosaurus giganteusspeciesbelongs to Nothosaurusstated without evidenceSpangenberg, 1898
Nothosaurus giganteusspeciesbelongs to Nothosaurusstated with evidenceKuhn, 1971
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Sauropterygia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothosaurus_giganteus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Paranothosaurus amsleri Peyer, 1939GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Paranothosaurus amsleri
Nothosaurus baruthicus Geissler, 1895GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus baruthicus
Nothosaurus andriani Meyer, 1839GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus andriani
Nothosaurus aduncidens Meyer, 1855GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus aduncidens
Nothosaurus chelydrops Fraas, 1896GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus chelydrops
Nothosaurus angustifrons Meyer & Plieninger, 1844GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus angustifrons
Opeosaurus suevicus Meyer, 1847GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Opeosaurus suevicus
Nothosaurus angnotiferus Meyer & Plieninger, 1844GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nothosauridae : Nothosaurus : Nothosaurus angnotiferus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1834Nothosaurus giganteus Munster p. 525
1834Nothosaurus giganteus Münster p. 525
1839Nothosaurus andriani Meyer
1844Nothosaurus angustifrons Meyer and Plieninger p. 47
1847Opeosaurus suevicus Meyer p. 82 figs. Plate 14, figs 7-9
1855Nothosaurus andriani Meyer p. 21
1855Nothosaurus giganteus Meyer p. 22
1855Opeosaurus suevicus Meyer p. 82
1855Nothosaurus angustifrons Meyer p. 84
1855Nothosaurus aduncidens Meyer p. 85
1895Nothosaurus baruthicus Geissler
1896Nothosaurus chelydrops Fraas p. 12
1898Nothosaurus aduncidens Spangenberg p. 407
1898Nothosaurus andriani Spangenberg p. 407
YearName and Author
1898Nothosaurus angnotiferus Spangenberg p. 407
1898Nothosaurus chelydrops Spangenberg p. 407
1898Nothosaurus giganteus Spangenberg p. 407
1939Nothosaurus andriani Meyer
1939Paranothosaurus amsleri Peyer
1971Nothosaurus aduncidens Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus andriani Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus angustifrons Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus baruthicus Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus chelydrops Kuhn p. 18
1971Nothosaurus giganteus Kuhn p. 18
1971Opeosaurus suevicus Kuhn p. 19
1996Nothosaurus giganteus Rieppel and Wild pp. 3-4

References

Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia
Meyer H. v., Plieninger T. , Beiträge zur Paläontologie Württemberg’s, enthaltend die Fossilen Wirbelthierreste aus den Triasgebilden mit Besonderer Rücksicht auf die Labyrinthodonten des Keupers [Contributions to the Paleontology of Württemberg, Including the Fossil Vertebrate Remains from the Triassic Formations with Special Regard to the Labyrinthodonts of the Keupers], 1-132
Meyer H. v. , Zur Fauna der Vorwelt. Die Saurier des Muschelkalkes mit Rücksicht auf die Saurier aus Buntem Sandstein und Keuper [The Fauna of the Ancient World. The Saurians of the Muschelkalk with Regard to the Saurians of the Buntem Sandstone and Keuper], viii-167
Fraas E. Die Schwäbischen Trias-Saurier nach dem Material der Kgl. Naturalien-Sammlung in Stuttgart zusammengestellt [Swabian Triassic dinosaurs based on the material in the Royal Natural History Collection compiled in Stuttgart], Festgabe des Königlichen Naturalien-Cabinets In Stuttgart zur 42 Versammlung der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft in Stuttgart, August 1896. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlag-handlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart, 1-18
Kuhn O. (1971) , Die Saurier der deutschen Trias [Reptiles of the German Triassic], 1-105
Rieppel O., Wild R. (1996) A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus, Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34, 1-82
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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