Genus
Valid Extinct

Nectosaurus

Versluys 1910

Nectosaurus is a genus of thalattosaur which lived during the Late Triassic in what is now California. The type and only known species, Nectosaurus halius, was found in the Hosselkus Limestone and described by John C. Merriam in 1905, making it one of the first thalattosaurians known.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Nectosaurus
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Thalattosaurus alexandrae (left) and Nectosaurus halinus (right) of Late Triassic California © Apokryltaros · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Hadrosauridae Family
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Nectosaurus Genus
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Bibliography
Original description
J. Versluys. 1910. Streptostylie bei Dinosauriern, nebst Bemerkungen über die Verwandtschaft der Vögel und Dinosaurier [Streptostyly in dinosaurs, along with remarks on the relationship of birds and dinosaurs]. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 30:175-260