Cymatosaurus

Classification

 Sauropterygia > Eosauropterygia > Eusauropterygia > "Nothosauria" > Cymatosauridae

Species

C. fridericianus, C. minor, C. latifrons, C. multidentatus.

Species synonyms

C. 'gracilis' = C. latifrons, C. 'silesiacus' = C. latifrons, C. 'erythreus' = nomen dubium

Material

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Distribution

Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian), Germany, Austria and Poland (also Netherlands and Israel?)

Images

Skull of Cymatosaurus minor.

Skull of Cymatosaurus. sp? in Dorsal aspect

Skull of Cymatosaurus. sp? in left lateral aspect

Discussion

The anterior portion of the type material of C. minor has broken off, just anterior to the orbits.