Species
Valid Extinct

Simosaurus gaillardoti

Meyer and Plieninger 1842

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Nothosauria Order
Simosauridae Family
Simosaurus Genus
Simosaurus gaillardoti Species
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
6
🇫🇷 France
2
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Erfurt
1
Rio del Lago
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
7
Anisian (247–241.464 Ma)
1
Synonyms (2)
Ichthyosaurus lunevillensis subjective synonym of Simosaurus gaillardoti
Simosaurus guilielmi objective synonym of Simosaurus gaillardoti
Bibliography
Original description
R. Owen. 1861. Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second Edition. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2008. First record of Simosaurus (Sauropterygia, Nothosauroidea) from the Carnian (Late Triassic) of Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114(2):273-285
O. Rieppel. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group Sauropterygia. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 28:1-85 DOI ↗
O. Rieppel. 1994. The braincases of Simosaurus and Nothosaurus: monophyly of the Nothosauridae (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):9-23 DOI ↗
E. Fraas. 1896. Die Schwäbischen Trias-Saurier nach dem Material der Kgl. Naturalien-Sammlung in Stuttgart zusammengestellt [Swabian Triassic dinosaurs based on the material in the Royal Natural History Collection compiled in Stuttgart]. Festgabe des Königlichen Naturalien-Cabinets In Stuttgart zur 42 Versammlung der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft in Stuttgart, August 1896. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlag-handlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart
P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France. 1–3:1-274+ DOI ↗