Nectosaurus
| Nectosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Thalattosaurus alexandrae and Nectosaurus halius of Late Triassic California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Thalattosauria |
| Genus: | Nectosaurus |
| Species: | N. halius |
| Binomial name | |
| Nectosaurus halius Merriam 1905 | |
Nectosaurus is a genus of marine diapsid reptile which lived during the Late Triassic of what is now California. The type species is N. halius, described by John C. Merriam in 1905. A 2002 analysis of Nectosaurus classifies it as a thalattosaurian, one of a group of marine reptiles which lived during the Triassic.[1]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1-560.
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