Cymatosaurus

Cymatosaurus Temporal range: Early-Middle Triassic, 247.5–237  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cymatosaurus and pachypleurosaur humeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	† Sauropterygia
Clade:	† Pistosauroidea
Family:	† Cymatosauridae
Genus:	† Cymatosaurus Fritsch, 1894
Species
† C. fridericianusFritsch, 1894 (type) †C. latifronsGürich, 1884 †C. multidentatus(von Huene, 1958) †C. minorRieppel & Wernburg, 1998 †C. erikaeMaisch, 2014 [1]

Cymatosaurus is an extinct genus of pistosauroid or nothosauriform sauropterygian. It is known to have been alive from the Early Triassic to the Middle Triassic period (latest Olenekian to Anisian stages) of Germany and they seem to originate from the Netherlands. ^{[2] [3]} It was small to medium-sized for an eosauropterygian, measuring 1–1.2 metres (3.3–3.9 ft) long. ^[3]

See also

• Paleontology portal

• Timeline of plesiosaur research

References

1. Michael W. Maisch (2014). "A well preserved skull of Cymatosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the uppermost Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Germany". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (2): 213–224. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0407.
2. Klein, N. (2010). Farke, Andrew Allen (ed.). "Long Bone Histology of Sauropterygia from the Lower Muschelkalk of the Germanic Basin Provides Unexpected Implications for Phylogeny". PLOS ONE. 5 (7) e11613. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...511613K. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011613 . PMC   2908119 . PMID   20657768.
3. Sander, P.M.; Klein, N.; Albers, P.C.H.; Bickelmann, C.; Winkelhorst, H. (2014). "Postcranial morphology of a basal Pistosauroidea (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 88 (1): 55–71. Bibcode:2014PalZ...88...55S. doi:10.1007/s12542-013-0181-5. S2CID   129760276.