Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Neusticosaurus pusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Nothosauroidea
Family:	†Pachypleurosauridae
Genus:	†Neusticosaurus Seeley, 1882
Species
†N. edwardsi (Cornalia, 1854 [originally Pachypleura]) †N. peyeri Sander, 1989 †N. pusillus (Fraas, 1881 [originally Simosaurus]) (type) †N. staubi (Kuhn-Schnyder, 1959 [originally Pachypleurosaurus]) (nomen dubium) †N. toeplitschi (Nopcsa, 1928 [originally Psilotrachelosaurus])
Synonyms
Genus synonymy Pachypleura Cornalia, 1854 Pachypleurosaurus Broili, 1927 (nomen dubium) Psilotrachelosaurus Nopcsa, 1928 Species synonymy Neusticosaurus pygmaeus Fraas, 1896 Pachypleura edwardsi Cornalia, 1854 Pachypleurosaurus staubi Kuhn-Schnyder, 1959 (nomen dubium) Psilotrachelosaurus toeplitschi Nopcsa, 1928 Simosaurus pusillus Fraas, 1881

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Several Neuticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Neuticosaurus edwardsi

Neusticosaurus (sometimes misspelled Neuticosaurus) ("swimming lizard"), is an extinct genus of marine reptile belonging to the nothosaur order, from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. At 18 cm (8 in) long, it was one of the smallest nothosaurs. Neusticosaurus probably fed on small fish.

References

• Seeley, H.G. (1882). On Neusticosaurus pusillus (Fraas), an amphibious reptile having affinities with the terrestrial Nothosauria and with the marine Plesiosauria. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 38:350–366.