Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Neusticosaurus pusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Suborder:	†Pachypleurosauria
Family:	†Pachypleurosauridae
Genus:	†Neusticosaurus Seeley, 1882
Species
†N. edwardsii (Cornalia, 1854 [originally Pachypleura]) †N. peyeri Sander, 1989 †N. pusillus (Fraas, 1881 [originally Simosaurus]) (type) †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 edwardsii Cornalia, 1854 Pachypleurosaurus staubi Kuhn-Schnyder, 1959 (nomen dubium; junior synonym of N. pusillus) Psilotrachelosaurus toeplitschi Nopcsa, 1928 Simosaurus pusillus Fraas, 1881

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Several Neusticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

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Neusticosaurus edwardsii

Neusticosaurus (sometimes misspelled Neuticosaurus) ("swimming lizard"), is an extinct genus of marine reptile belonging to the pachypleurosaurs, from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Neusticosaurus was one of the smallest nothosaurs and probably fed on small fish. The type specimen is held at the Natural History Museum UK (NHMUK PV R53).

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.