Simosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Siamosaurus or Sinosaurus.
Simosaurus is an extinct genus of marine reptile within the superorder Sauropterygia from the Middle Triassic of central Europe. Fossils have been found in deposits in France and Germany that are roughly 230 million years old. It is usually classified as a nothosaur,[1] but has also been considered a pachypleurosaur or a more primitive form of sauropterygian.
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Mounted skeleton of Simosaurus gaillardoti in the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Nothosauroidea |
Family: | †Simosauridae Huene, 1948 |
Genus: | †Simosaurus Meyer, 1842 |
Type species | |
†Simosaurus gaillardoti Meyer, 1842 | |
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