Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian
Neusticosaurus pusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Suborder: †Pachypleurosauria
Family: †Pachypleurosauridae
Genus: †Neusticosaurus
Seeley, 1882
Species
  • †N. edwardsii (Cornalia, 1854 [originally Pachypleura])
  • †N. peyeri Sander, 1989
  • †N. pusillus (Fraas, 1881 [originally Simosaurus]) (type)
  • †N. toeplitschi (Nopcsa, 1928 [originally Psilotrachelosaurus])
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Pachypleura
    Cornalia, 1854
  • Pachypleurosaurus
    Broili, 1927 (nomen dubium)
  • Psilotrachelosaurus
    Nopcsa, 1928
Species synonymy
  • Neusticosaurus pygmaeus
    Fraas, 1896
  • Pachypleura edwardsii
    Cornalia, 1854
  • Pachypleurosaurus staubi
    Kuhn-Schnyder, 1959 (nomen dubium; junior synonym of N. pusillus)
  • Psilotrachelosaurus toeplitschi
    Nopcsa, 1928
  • Simosaurus pusillus
    Fraas, 1881
Several Neusticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Neusticosaurus edwardsii

Neusticosaurus (sometimes misspelled Neuticosaurus) ("swimming lizard"), is an extinct genus of marine reptile belonging to the pachypleurosaurs, from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Neusticosaurus was one of the smallest nothosaurs and probably fed on small fish. The type specimen is held at the Natural History Museum UK (NHMUK PV R53).

References

  1. ↑ Cornalia, E. (1854). "Notizie zoologiche sul Pachypleura edwardsii Cor. Nuovo sauro acrodonte degli strati triasici di Lombardia". Giornale dell'istituto Lombardo di Scienze. 6: 1–46.
  2. ↑ Klein, Nicole; Furrer, Heinz; Ehrbar, Iris; Torres Ladeira, Marta; Richter, Henning; Scheyer, Torsten M. (13 July 2022). "A new pachypleurosaur from the Early Ladinian Prosanto Formation in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 141 (1): 12. Bibcode:2022SwJP..141...12K. doi:10.1186/s13358-022-00254-2. ISSN 1664-2384. PMC 9276568. PMID 35844249.