NOTHOSAUROIDEA
Classification
Sauropterygia > Eosauropterygia > Nothosauroidea
Discussion
Nothosauroidea is a clade including the Nothosauria and the Simosauridae (inc. Simosaurus).
Updated June 2007 TENTATIVE CLADOGRAM SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE CLADE NOTHOSAUROIDEA (After Rieppel, 2000)
| \--------Nothosauroidea--------- \ \--------Cymatosauridae---------- \----Pistosaurus and Augustasaurus \---- Plesiosauria |
-----Simosauria---------------------- \----Nothosauria---------------------
\----Corosaurus \----Cymatosaurus |
---------Simosauridae--------- ---------Nothosauridae-------- \ \ Germanosauridae \---Germanosaurus |
-----Simosaurus \ \----Lariosaurus \----Nothosaurus \----Paranothosaurus
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