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Nothosauroidea Temporal range: Early-Late Triassic, 251–210 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible late Rhaetian record.

Nothosaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Clade:	†Eosauropterygia
Order:	†Nothosauroidea Baur, 1889
Subgroups
†Brevicaudosaurus †Dawazisaurus †Pachypleurosauria? †Nothosauria †Simosauridae †Nothosauridae

Nothosaurs (superfamily Nothosauroidea) were Triassic marine sauropterygian reptiles. They averaged about 3 metres (10 ft) in length, with a long body and tail.^[1] The feet were paddle-like, and are known to have been webbed in life, to help power the animal when swimming.^[2] The neck was quite long, and the head was elongated and flattened, and relatively small in relation to the body. The margins of the long jaws were equipped with numerous sharp outward-pointing teeth, indicating a diet of fish and squid.

Taxonomy

The Nothosauroidea has been suggested to consist of two suborders, the Pachypleurosauria, which are small primitive forms, and the Nothosauria (including two families Nothosauridae and Simosauridae), which may have evolved from pachypleurosaurs.

The relation of pachypleurosaurs to Nothosauroidea is uncertain, as several analyses recover the clade as basal to Eusauropterygia, e.i. the clade formed by Nothosauria and Pistosauroidea, instead as the sister taxon of Nothosauria.^[3] Many recent analyses have recovered the pachypleurosaurs as a basal clade of eosauropterygians outside of the nothosauroidea.^[4]^[5]

Nothosaur-like reptiles were in turn ancestral to the more completely marine plesiosaurs, which replaced them at the end of the Triassic period.

In their 2024 description of Dianmeisaurus mutaensis, Hu, Li & Liu recovered the Nothosauroidea as the sister taxon to the Pachypleurosauria. The results of their phylogenetic analyses are shown in the cladogram below:^[5]

	Nothosauroidea

	Pachypleurosauria

Keichousaurus (a pachypleurosaur)
Lariosaurus
Ceresiosaurus

Distribution

A 2024 description of a fossil nothosaur vertebra from the Anisian of New Zealand indicates that nothosaurs dispersed worldwide from their region of origin in the northern Tethys much earlier than presumed, eventually reaching the southern polar region of Panthalassa by the Middle Triassic. This vertebra is the oldest sauropterygian fossil from the Southern Hemisphere, and appears to be from a taxon related to Nothosaurus and Lariosaurus.^[6]

References

^ F. v. Huene. 1956. Paläontologie und Phylogenie der Niederen Tetrapoden [Paleontology and Phylogeny of the Lower Tetrapods]. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlang, Jena 1-716
^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-84028-152-1.
^ Olivier Rieppel (1999). "The sauropterygian genera Chinchenia, Kwangsisaurus, and Sanchiaosaurus from the Lower and Middle Triassic of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (2): 321–337. Bibcode:1999JVPal..19..321R. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011144.
^ Xu, G.-H.; Shang, Q.-H.; Wang, W.; Ren, Y.; Lei, H.; Liao, J.-L.; Zhao, L.-J.; Li, C. (2023). "A new long-snouted marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of China illuminates pachypleurosauroid evolution". Scientific Reports. 13 (1). 16. Bibcode:2023NatSR..13...16X. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-24930-y. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 9816097. PMID 36604433.
^ ^a ^b Hu, Yi-Wei; Li, Qiang; Liu, Jun (2024-01-05). "A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China and its phylogenetic and biogeographic implications". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 143 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/s13358-023-00292-4. ISSN 1664-2384.
^ Kear, Benjamin P.; Roberts, Aubrey J.; Young, George; Terezow, Marianna; Mantle, Daniel J.; Barros, Isaias Santos; Hurum, Jørn H. (2024). "Oldest southern sauropterygian reveals early marine reptile globalization". Current Biology. 34 (12): R562–R563. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.035. ISSN 0960-9822.

Sources

Johnson, Jinny (2000). Fantastic Facts About Dinosaurs. Parragon. ISBN 978-0-7525-3166-3.
Benton, M. J. (2004), Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd classification
Colbert, E. H., (1969), Evolution of the Vertebrates, John Wiley & Sons Inc (2nd ed.)
Rieppel, O., (2000), Sauropterygia I, placodontia, pachypleurosauria, nothosauroidea, pistosauroidea: In: Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie, part 12A, 134pp. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil Table of contents

Sauropterygia

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Clade: Neodiapsida

Sauropsida

- see Sauropsida

Sauropterygia	see below↓

Sauropterygia

Helveticosauridae?

Eusaurosphargis?
Helveticosaurus

Saurosphargidae

Placodontia

Paraplacodus Pararcus Placodus
Cyamodontoidea	Cyamodus Glyphoderma Henodus Macroplacus Parahenodus Placochelys Protenodontosaurus Psephochelys Psephoderma Psephosauriscus Psephosaurus Sinocyamodus

Eosauropterygia

- see below↓

Eosauropterygia

Corosaurus
Cymatosaurus

Pachypleurosauria

Nothosauroidea

Brevicaudosaurus Hispaniasaurus? Sanchiaosaurus
Simosauridae	Paludidraco Simosaurus
Nothosauridae	Ceresiosaurus Germanosaurus Lariosaurus Metanothosaurus Nothosaurus Proneusticosaurus Silvestrosaurus

Pistosauroidea

Augustasaurus Bobosaurus Chinchenia Kwangsisaurus Pistosaurus Tanaisosaurus Wangosaurus Yunguisaurus
Plesiosauria	see below↓

Eardasaurus Gallardosaurus Liopleurodon Lorrainosaurus Megalneusaurus UANL-FCT-R2? Peloneustes "Pliosaurus" andrewsi Pliosaurus Simolestes
Brachaucheninae	Acostasaurus Brachauchenius Eiectus Kronosaurus Luskhan Makhaira Megacephalosaurus Monquirasaurus Polyptychodon Sachicasaurus Stenorhynchosaurus

Plesiosauroidea

Eoplesiosaurus Eretmosaurus Franconiasaurus Leurospondylus Plesiopharos Plesiopterys Plesiosaurus Westphaliasaurus
Microcleididae	Hydrorion Lusonectes Microcleidus Occitanosaurus Seeleyosaurus
Cryptoclidia	see below↓

Cryptoclidia

Cryptoclididae

Opallionectes
Colymbosaurinae	Abyssosaurus Colymbosaurus Djupedalia Pantosaurus Spitrasaurus
Cryptoclidinae	Cryptoclidus Kimmerosaurus Ophthalmothule Tatenectes
Muraenosaurinae	Muraenosaurus Picrocleidus Tricleidus? Vinialesaurus

Xenopsaria

Leptocleidia

Hastanectes?
Nichollssaura?

Leptocleididae

Polycotylidae

Palmulasaurinae

Pahasapasaurus?
Palmulasaurus

Occultonectia

Plesiopleurodon
Sulcusuchus

Polycotylinae

Dolichorhynchia	Dolichorhynchops Martinectes Unktaheela

Aphrosaurus Chubutinectes Futabasaurus Fresnosaurus? Hydrotherosaurus? Kawanectes Marambionectes Morenosaurus Tuarangisaurus Vegasaurus Zarafasaura?
Aristonectinae	Alexandronectes Aristonectes Kaiwhekea Morturneria Wunyelfia

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