Nothosaurus cristatus Hinz, Matzke & Pfretzschner, 2019

Sues, Hans-Dieter & Schoch, Rainer R., 2025, Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany, Fossil Record 28 (2), pp. 411-483 : 411-483

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.28.164405

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E2366C87-D1C3-4F5A-A21D-1A7A5D49BB8F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17823941

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/14A294CE-D772-50CF-A644-CCED22B56783

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scientific name

Nothosaurus cristatus Hinz, Matzke & Pfretzschner, 2019
status

 

Nothosaurus cristatus Hinz, Matzke & Pfretzschner, 2019

Holotype.

GPIT-PV -75067 , almost complete cranium.

Type locality.

Schumann Quarry, Eschenau, Vellberg, Schwäbisch Hall district, Baden-Württemberg.

Type horizon.

Untere Graue Mergel, Bed E 5, Erfurt Formation, Lower Keuper Subgroup. Age: Middle Triassic (Ladinian: Longobardian).

Diagnosis.

Distinguished by the following combination of features: condylobasal length of cranium at least 38 cm; maxilla contacting postfrontal, forming posterior margin of orbit; jugal long, slender, and almost reaching orbital margin; parietals fused, with pronounced median ridge anterior to parietal foramen; and ectopterygoid with long posterior extension ( Hinz et al. 2019).

References.

Hinz et al. (2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Nothosauria

Family

Nothosauridae

Genus

Nothosaurus