Nothosauridaeare anextinctfamilyofcarnivorousaquaticsauropterygianreptilesfrom theTriassictime period ofChina,France,Germany,Israel,Italy,Netherlands,Russia,Switzerland,and northernAfrica.[1][3]
| Nothosauridae | |
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| Nothosaurusmirabilisfossil | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Nothosauroidea |
| Suborder: | †Nothosauria |
| Family: | †Nothosauridae Seeley, 1889 |
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Phylogeny
editThe cladogram shown below follows Rieppel (1998)'sphylogenetic analysisof nothosaurids (bold terminal taxa contain living species).[2]Most of these relations are still considered correct today,[4]but despite Rieppel (1998)'s referral ofCeresiosaurusandSilvestrosaurustoLariosaurus,some authors still consider them separate and many additional species have been named since this analysis.[5]
A species levelphylogenetic analysisof Nothosauridae was performed by Liuet al.(2014), and included all known valid species of the family apart fromLariosaurus stensioi(type ofMicronothosaurus),Nothosaurus cymatosauroides,andCeresiosaurus lanzi.The resultant topology is similar to the one obtained in Rieppel (1998) if the new additions are ignored, however this analysis found bothLariosaurusandNothosaurusto bepolyphyleticin regard to each-other and all other genera of the family, making a systematic revision of these two genera necessary. Below, their results are shown with type species of named nothosaurid genera noted.[6]
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See also
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References
edit- ^abcThe Paleobiology Database: Nothosauridae
- ^abOlivier Rieppel (1998)."The status of the sauropterygian reptile generaCeresiosaurus,Lariosaurus,andSilvestrosaurusfrom the Middle Triassic of Europe ".Fieldiana: Geology.New Series.38:1–46.
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- ^Lee, M. S. Y. (2013)."Turtle origins: Insights from phylogenetic retrofitting and molecular scaffolds".Journal of Evolutionary Biology.26(12): 2729–2738.doi:10.1111/jeb.12268.PMID24256520.
- ^Jasmina Hugi (October 2011)."The long bone histology ofCeresiosaurus(Sauropterygia, Reptilia) in comparison to other eosauropterygians from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland/Italy) "(PDF).Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.130(2): 297–306.doi:10.1007/s13358-011-0023-6.S2CID128688930.
- ^Jun Liu; Shi-xue Hu; Olivier Rieppel; Da-yong Jiang; Michael J. Benton; Neil P. Kelley; Jonathan C. Aitchison; Chang-yong Zhou; Wen Wen; Jin-yuan Huang; Tao Xie; Tao 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:Article number 7142.doi:10.1038/srep07142.PMC4245812.PMID25429609.
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