Species
Valid Extinct

Nothosaurus zhangi

Liu et al. 2014

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Nothosauridae Family
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Nothosaurus Genus
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Nothosaurus zhangi Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Guanling
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Liu, S.-X. Hu, and O. Rieppel, D.-Y. Jiang, M. J. Benton, N. P. Kelley, J. C. Aitchison, C.-Y. Zhou, W. Wen, J.-Y. Huang, T. Xie, T. Lv. 2014. A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery. Scientific Reports 4:7142 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. Liu, S.-X. Hu, and O. Rieppel, D.-Y. Jiang, M. J. Benton, N. P. Kelley, J. C. Aitchison, C.-Y. Zhou, W. Wen, J.-Y. Huang, T. Xie, T. Lv. 2014. A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery. Scientific Reports 4:7142 DOI ↗