Nothosaurus

Nothosaurus Temporal range: 240–210 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle to Late Triassic
Nothosaurus marchicus skeleton restoration in Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Nothosauroidea
Family:	†Nothosauridae
Subfamily:	†Nothosaurinae Nopcsa, 1923
Genus:	†Nothosaurus Münster, 1834
Type species
†Nothosaurus mirabilis Münster, 1834
Species
N. cristatus Hinz, Matzke & Pfretzschner, 2019 N. cymatosauroides Sanz, 1983 N. edingerae Schultze, 1970 N. giganteus Münster, 1834 N. haasi Rieppel et al., 1997 N. jagisteus Rieppel, 2001 N. luopingensis Shang et al. 2022 N. marchicus Koken, 1893 N. mirabilis Münster, 1834 (type) N. tchernovi Haas, 1980 N. yangjuanensis Jiang et al., 2006 N. zhangi Liu et al., 2014
Synonyms
Genus synonymy Conchiosaurus Meyer, 1834 Chondriosaurus Meyer, 1838 Dracosaurus Agassiz, 1846 Elmosaurus Huene, 1957 Kolposaurus Skuphos, 1893 Menodon Meyer, 1838 Oligolycus Fristch, 1894 Opeosaurus Meyer, 1847 Paranothosaurus Peyer, 1939 Shingyisaurus Young, 1965 Species synonymy Elmosaurus lelmensis Huene, 1957 Nothosaurus blezingeri Fraas, 1896 Nothosaurus schimperi Meyer, 1834 Nothosaurus angustidens Meyer, 1844 Shingyisaurus unexpectus Young, 1965 Synonyms of N. giganteus: Nothosaurus andriani Meyer, 1839 Nothosaurus angustifronis Meyer, 1844 Nothosaurus aduncidens Meyer, 1853 Nothosaurus baruthicus Geissler, 1895 Nothosaurus chelydrops Fraas, 1896 Paranothosaurus amsleri Peyer, 1939 Synonyms of N. marchicus: Conchiosaurus clavatus Meyer, 1834 Nothosaurus crassus Schroeder, 1914 Nothosaurus friedericanus Jaekel, 1911 Nothosaurus oldenburgi Schröder, 1914 Nothosaurus procerus Schröder, 1914 Nothosaurus raabi Schröder, 1914 Nothosaurus schroderi Huene, 1944 Nothosaurus venustus Münster, 1834 Nothosaurus winterswijkensis Albers and Rieppel, 2003 Synonyms of N. mirabilis: Dracosaurus bronni Giebel, 1847 Ichthyosaurus lunevillensis Alberti, 1837 Nothosaurus bergeri Meyer, 1834 Nothosaurus muensteri Meyer, 1839 Synonyms of N. yangjuanensis : Nothosaurus rostellatus Shang, 2006

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