Species
Valid Extinct

Neusticosaurus pusillus

(Fraas 1881)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Eosauropterygia Order
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Pachypleurosauroidea Superfamily
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Pachypleurosauridae Family
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Neusticosaurus Genus
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Neusticosaurus pusillus Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Erfurt
1
Perledo-Varenna
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
R. R. Schoch. 1999. Comparative osteology of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger, 1828) from the Middle Triassic (Lettenkeuper: Longobardian) of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Thüringen). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 278:1-170
O. Rieppel. 1998. The status of the sauropterygian reptile genera Ceresiosaurus, Lariosaurus, and Silvestrosaurus from the Middle Triassic of Europe. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 38:1-46 DOI ↗