Simosaurus
Sign in to saveSimosaurus 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, but has also been considered a pachypleurosaur or a more primitive sauropterygian.
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Vinony's link graph records 236 inbound references to Simosaurus, and connects out to Elasmosauridae, Plesiosauroidea and Cryptoclididae.
Vinony files it under Middle Triassic reptiles of Europe, Nothosauroids and Sauropterygian genera.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- taxon
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- Simosaurus gaillardoti 1.JPG
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Simosaurus
- different from
- Siamosaurus
- start time
- 240000000-
- end time
- 230000000-
- Commons category
- Simosaurus
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