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Nothosaurus zhangi
Taxonomy
Nothosaurus zhangi was named by Liu et al. (2014) [A gigantic species of Nothosauria whose size approached or slightly exceeded that of Nothosaurus giganteus, the largest known Triassic sauropterygian. The new species differs from N. giganteus by the presence of a short mandibular symphysis, a relatively higher neural spine, a distinct medial expansion of the prearticular (autapomorphy among Sauropterygia), and a distinctly short retroarticular process (autapomorphy among Nothosauria).]. Its type specimen is LPV 20167, a partial skeleton (a complete lower jaw associated with partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nothosaurus zhangi-type locality, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in the Guanling Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Nothosaurus zhangi Liu et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Nothosaurus zhangi Liu et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||