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
Nothosaurus mirabilis 455
An impression of Ceresiosaurus eating a small aquatic animal
Lariosaurus is an extinct genus of nothosaurid from the Middle Triassic of central and western Europe and China. With a complete specimen of L. xingyiensis measuring 70.5 cm long and L. hongguoensis p
Nothosauridae
…species). Most of these relations are still considered correct today, but despite Rieppel (1998)'s referral of Ceresiosaurus and Silvestrosaurus to Lariosaurus, some authors still consider them separate and many additional species have been named since this analysis. A species level phylogenetic analysis of…
Lariosaurus valceresii
Lariosaurus valceresii life restoration in environment