Nothosauridae

Nothosauridae
Temporal range: Anisian-Norian, 247.2–210 Ma Possible late Rhaetian record.
Nothosaurus mirabilis fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Nothosauroidea
Suborder: Nothosauria
Family: Nothosauridae
Seeley, 1889
Genera[2]
An impression of Ceresiosaurus eating a small aquatic animal

Nothosauridae are an extinct family of carnivorous aquatic sauropterygian reptiles from the Triassic time period of China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, and northern Africa.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database: Nothosauridae
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rieppel1998 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Nothosauridae