Reptilia - Sauropterygia - Nothosauridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36442
Synonyms: Dracosaurus Munster 1834 (no. 171755), Elmosaurus Huene 1957 (no. 36434), Kolposaurus Skuphos 1893 (no. 175686), Opeosaurus Meyer 1847 (no. 254234), Paranothosaurus Peyer 1939 (no. 36444), Shingyisaurus Young 1965 (no. 36451)
Parent taxon: Nothosauridae according to P. C. H. Albers and O. Rieppel 2003
Sister taxa: Ceresiosaurus, Germanosaurus, Lamprosauroides, Metanothosaurus, Micronothosaurus, Nothosaurinae, Nothosaurus cuvieri
Subtaxa: Conchiosaurus clavatus, Elmosaurus lelmensis, Kolposaurus dichthadius, Metriorhynchus priscus, Nothosaurus cristatus, Nothosaurus cymatosauroides, Nothosaurus edingerae, Nothosaurus giganteus, Nothosaurus haasi, Nothosaurus hecki, Nothosaurus jagisteus, Nothosaurus juvenilis, Nothosaurus marchicus, Nothosaurus mirabilis, Nothosaurus occiduus, Nothosaurus rostellatus, Nothosaurus schimperi, Nothosaurus tchernowi, Nothosaurus unexpectus, Nothosaurus venustus, Nothosaurus winkelhorsti, Nothosaurus winterswijkensis, Nothosaurus yangjuanensis, Nothosaurus youngi, Nothosaurus zhangi, Plesiosaurus speciosus, Simosaurus mougeoti
Type: Nothosaurus mirabilis
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