Nothosaurs were Triassic marine sauropterygian reptiles. They averaged about 3 metres in length, with a long body and tail. The feet were paddle-like, and are known to have been webbed in life, to hel
Nothosauridae are an extinct family of carnivorous aquatic sauropterygian reptiles from the Triassic time period of China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, and norther
Nothosaur
…has been suggested to consist of two suborders, the Pachypleurosauria, which are small primitive forms, and the Nothosauria (including two families Nothosauridae and Simosauridae), which may have evolved from pachypleurosaurs. The relation of pachypleurosaurs to Nothosauroidea is uncertain, as several analyses…