Genre
Valide Éteint

Nothosaurus

Münster 1834

Nothosaurus, signifiant « lézard faux », est un genre éteint appartenant à la famille des nothosauridés et regroupant des espèces semi-aquatiques de tétrapodes amniotes sauroptérigiens ayant vécu au Trias de -240 à -210 millions d'années. Des fossiles de Nothosaurus ont été retrouvés en Allemagne, en Suisse (Tessin) et en Égypte.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
103
Groupe
Sauroptérygiens
Marin
Nothosaurus
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Classification
Sauropterygia Sous-ordre
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Eosauropterygia Ordre
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Nothosauridae Famille
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Nothosaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 103 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇩🇪 Allemagne
73
🇮🇱 Israël
5
🇨🇳 Chine
4
🇵🇱 Pologne
3
🇳🇱 Pays-Bas
3
🇮🇹 Italie
3
🇪🇸 Espagne
3
🇫🇷 France
2
🇸🇦 Arabie saoudite
2
🇯🇴 Jordanie
1
Formations géologiques
Jena
7
Erfurt
6
Karlstadt
4
Muschelkalk
3
Vossenveld
3
Guanling
3
Wellenkalk
2
Trochitenkalk
2
Jilh
2
Besano
1
Distribution temporelle
Rhétien (205.7–201.4 Ma)
1
Norien (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Carnien (237–227.3 Ma)
4
Ladinien (241.464–237 Ma)
60
Anisien (246.7–241.464 Ma)
37
Espèces (40)
Conchiosaurus clavatus nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus 247 Ma
Dracosaurus bronni subjective synonym of Nothosaurus mirabilis 247 Ma
Elmosaurus lelmensis nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus 241 Ma
Kolposaurus dichthadius nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus 247 Ma
Metriorhynchus priscus nomen nudum, species not entered Nothosaurus
Nothosaurus aduncidens subjective synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus andriani subjective synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus angustifrons subjective synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus baruthicus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus bergeri subjective synonym of Nothosaurus mirabilis 247 Ma
Nothosaurus chelydrops subjective synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus crassus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus marchicus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus cristatus 241 Ma
Nothosaurus cymatosauroides 239 Ma
Nothosaurus edingerae 237 Ma
Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus haasi 243 Ma
Nothosaurus hecki nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus jagisteus 241 Ma
Nothosaurus marchicus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus mirabilis 247 Ma
Nothosaurus muensteri subjective synonym of Nothosaurus mirabilis 247 Ma
Nothosaurus occiduus
Nothosaurus oldenburgi subjective synonym of Nothosaurus marchicus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus procerus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus marchicus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus raabi subjective synonym of Nothosaurus marchicus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus rostellatus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus rostellatus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus schimperi nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Nothosaurus schroederi subjective synonym of Nothosaurus marchicus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus tchernowi 247 Ma
Nothosaurus unexpectus nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus 239 Ma
Nothosaurus venustus nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus winterswijkensis subjective synonym of Nothosaurus marchicus 247 Ma
Nothosaurus yangjuanensis 244 Ma
Nothosaurus zhangi 244 Ma
Opeosaurus suevicus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Paranothosaurus amsleri subjective synonym of Nothosaurus giganteus 247 Ma
Plesiosaurus speciosus nomen nudum, species not entered Nothosaurus
Simosaurus mougeoti nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus 241 Ma
Synonymes (16)
Conchiosaurus clavatus nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Dracosaurus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus
Elmosaurus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus
Elmosaurus lelmensis nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Kolposaurus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus
Kolposaurus dichthadius nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Metriorhynchus priscus nomen nudum, species not entered Nothosaurus
Nothosaurus hecki nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Nothosaurus schimperi nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Nothosaurus unexpectus nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Nothosaurus venustus nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Opeosaurus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus
Paranothosaurus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus
Plesiosaurus speciosus nomen nudum, species not entered Nothosaurus
Shingyisaurus subjective synonym of Nothosaurus
Simosaurus mougeoti nomen dubium, species not entered Nothosaurus
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliographie (38)
J. K. Hinz, A. T. Matzke, and H.-U. Pfretzschner. 2019. A new nothosaur (Sauropterygia) from the Ladinian of Vellberg-Eschenau, southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology DOI ↗
C. de Miguel Chaves, S. García-Gil, and F. Ortega, J. L. Sanz, A. Pérez-García. 2016. First Triassic tetrapod (Sauropterygia, Nothosauridae) from Castilla y León: evidence of an unknown taxon for the Spanish record. Journal of Iberian Geology 42(1):29-38 DOI ↗
N. Klein, D. F. A. Voeten, and J. Lankamp, R. Bleeker, O. J. Sichelschmidt, M. Liebrand, D. C. Nieweg, P. M. Sander. 2015. Postcranial material of Nothosaurus marchicus from the Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian) of Winterswijk, The Netherlands, with remarks on swimming styles and taphonomy. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89(4):961-981 DOI ↗
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 ↗
A. Ősi, G. Botfalvai, and E. Prondvai, Z. Hajdu, G. Czirják, Z. Szentesi, E. Pozsgai, A. E. Götz, L. Makádi, D. Csengődi, K. Sebe. 2013. First report of Triassic vertebrate assemblages from the Villány Hills (southern Hungary). Central European Geology 56:297-335 DOI ↗
B. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarrih, A. D. Matari, A. M. Al-Masary, M. A. Halawani. 2010. A review of aquatic vertebrate remains from the Middle-Upper Triassic Jilh Formation of Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 122:1-8 DOI ↗
C. Bickelmann and P. M. Sander. 2008. A partial skeleton and isolated humeri of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) from Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):326-338 DOI ↗
A. Chrzastek. 2008. Vertebrate remains from the Lower Muschelkalk of Raciborowice Górne (North-Sudetic Basin, SW Poland). Geological Quarterly 52:225-238
D.-Y. Jiang, M. W. Maisch, and W.-C. Hao, Y. O. Sun, Z.-Y. Sun. 2006. Nothosaurus yangyuanensis n. sp. (Reptlia, Sauropterygia, Nothosauridae) from the middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Guizhou, southwestern China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte 2006(5):257-276 DOI ↗
A. J. McGowan and A. B. Smith. 2006. Faunal lists from Muschelkalk Museum, Ingelfingen, Germany.
Q.-H. Shang. 2006. A new species of Nothosaurus from the early Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44(3):237-249
P. C. H. Albers and O. Rieppel. 2003. A new species of the sauropterygian genus Nothosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Journal of Paleontology 77(4):738-744 DOI ↗
M. Dalla Vecchia and M. Avanzini. 2002. New findings of isolated remains of Triassic reptiles from Northeastern Italy. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 42(2-3):215-235
P. M. Galton. 2001. The prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus Meyer, 1837 (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha; Upper Triassic). II. Notes on the referred species. Revue Paléobiologie, Genève 20(2):435-502
O. Rieppel. 2001. A new species of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Muschelkalk (Lower Ladinian) of southwestern Germany. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 263:137-161 DOI ↗
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
P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich, and O. Rieppel, R. A. Thulborn, H. A. McClure. 1999. A Middle Triassic vertebrate fauna from the Jilh Formation, Saudi Arabia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 213:201-232 DOI ↗
O. Rieppel and H. Hagdorn. 1998. Fossil reptiles from the Spanish Muschelkalk (Mont‐Ral and Alcover, Province Tarragona). Historical Biology 13:77-97 DOI ↗
O. Rieppel, J.-M. Mazin, and E. Tchernov. 1997. Speciation along rifting continental margins: a new nothosaur from the Negev (Israel). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Série IIA, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 326:991-997 DOI ↗
O. Rieppel and R. Wild. 1996. A revision of the genus Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Germanic Triassic, with comments on the status of Conchiosaurus clavatus. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 34:1-82 DOI ↗
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 ↗
H. P. Schultze and H. Möller. 1986. Wirbeltierreste aus dem Mittleren Muschelkalk (Trias) von Göttingen, West-Deutschland. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 60:109-129 DOI ↗
G. Haas. 1980. Ein Nothosaurier-Schädel aus dem Muschelkalk des Wadi Ramon (Negev, Israel). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 83:119-125
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