Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus; Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	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 ;

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.

Several Neuticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Neuticosaurus edwardsi

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.

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