Neuticosaurus

Neuticosaurus
Neuticosaurus
Temporal range: Triassic
Neusticosaurus pusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Nothosauria
Genus: Neuticosaurus
Several Neuticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Pachypleura edwardsi

Neuticosaurus (also spelled as Neusticosaurus) is an extinct genus of marine reptile belonging to the nothosaur order, from Germany and France. At 18 cm (8 in) long, it was one of the smallest nothosaurs. Neuticosaurus probably fed on small fish.

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