Genus: Lariosaurus CURINOI 1847
Etymology: In reference to Lacus Larius, ancient Latin name for Lake Como in northern Italy, near where the specimen was found, Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Lake Como Lizard.
= Ceresiosaurus PEYER 1931
Etymology: In reference to Ceresius Lacus, ancient Latin name for Late Lugano, on the Swiss-Italian border near where the specimen was found, and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Lake Lugano Lizard.
= Deirosaurus OWEN 1854 (nomen dubium)
Etymology: Greek, deire, “neck” and Greek, sauros, lizard: Neck lizard.
= Eupodosaurus BOULENGER, 1891
Etymology:
= Macromerosaurus CURIONI, 1847 emend. CURIONI, 1854
Etymology: Greek, markos, “long”, ?Greek, meros, “femur, limb” and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Long femured lizard.
= Micronothosaurus HAAS, 1963
Etymology: Greek, mikros, “small” + Nothosaurus: Small Nothosaurus.
= Phygosaurus ARTHABER, 1924
Etymology: Greek, phyge, “exile, banishment” and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Exile lizard.
= Rhaticonia BROILI 1927
Etymology: In reference to the Rhaetic (Upper Triassic) deposits in Vorarlberg, Austria, were the specimen was found.
= Silvestrosaurus KUHN-SCHNYDER 1990
Etymology: In commemorate a church near the Swiss Fossil site, Mt. San. Giorgio, dedicated to San Silvestro, Saint Sylvester, Pope during the reign of Constatine the Great and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Saint Sylvester’s lizard.

Species: balsami CURINOI, 1847
Etymology:
= Phygosaurus balsami ARTHABER, 1924 non CURINOI, 1847

Holotype: Destroyed during WWII, Cast at PIMUZ

Locality: Calcare di Perledo, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon: Perledo Member, Perledo-Varenna Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skeleton and anterior end of skull.

Neotype: Bayrische Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Historische Geologie, Munchen, No. AS I 802

Locality: Kalken von Perledo, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon: Ladinian, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and skeleton.

Referred material:

BOULENGER, 1896

Locality: Perledo, near Varenna, on the Lake of Como, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Skull and skeleton.

 

CURION, 1863

Locality: Perledo, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic.

Material:

VI: Skull and skeleton.

VII: Fragmentary skeleton.

V3: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

DEECKE, 1886

Locality: Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

= Lariosaruus cf. balsami DIEDRICH, 2012

Locality: Bindlach, Bindlacher Berg, Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

SMF no. R784: Humerus.

UM-O no. BT-722: Femur.

MARIANI, 1923

Locality: Besino vicino a Perledo, Sopra ‘varenna, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic.

Material:

Museo Civico di Milano, 1178: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

 

MAZIN

Locality: Amelie-les-bains, Pyrenees, France.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic.

Material:

PVHR 1: Skull, dentary, pectoral girdle, the vertebral column and a portion of the forelimb.

 

PEYER, 1933

Locality: Perledo, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic.

Material:

Frankfurter Exemple: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

RIEPPEL, 1994

Locality: Perledo, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

SMF R-13:

BSP As I 802:

 

RIEPPEL, 1994

Locality: Gailtaler Alps, Karnten, Austria.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Landesmuseum fur Karnten, Klagenfurt, Palaontologische Inventarnummer 5410: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

= Lariosaurus cf. L. balsami RIEPPEL & HAGDORN, 1998

Locality: Mont-Ral, Alcover, Tarragona Province, Spain.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Museo y Laboratorio de Geologia, Seminario de Barcelona, M-501, M-506: Two nearly complete specimens.

 

SANZ, 1976

Locality: Estada, Huesca Province, Spain.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid: Skull and skeleton.

 

SANZ, 1983

Locality: Montral-Alcover, Spain.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

M-501: Skull and skeleton.

M-502: Impression of skull and skeleton.

M-506: Skull and skeleton.

M-507: Skull and skeleton.

Personal collection of Ferrer Condal: Skull and skeleton.

Personal collection of De Lucas I: Skull and skeleton.

Personal collection of De Lucas II: Posterior end of a skeleton.

Personal collection of Mane: Skeleton.

Museum of Solnhofer Aktien-Verein: Skull and skeleton.

Museum of Solnhofer Aktien-Verien: Skull and skeleton.

 

TICLI, 1984

Locality: Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon: Calcare di Perledo e Varenna Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Triassic.

Material:

Museo dal 202: Fragmentary skeleton.

Museo dal 663P Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

 

= Lariosaurus cf. balsami ZAPFE, & KONIG, 1980

Locality: Gailtaler Alpen, Carinthia, Austria.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien: Fragmentary skeleton missing skull, and majoirty of body.

 

= Lariosaurus balsami curioni BALSAMO-CRIVELLI, 1839
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality:

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

 

BOULENGER

Locality: Esino, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon: Keuper.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

Royal College of Surgeons: Foot.

 

= Macromerosaurus plinii CURIONI, 1847 emend. CURIONI, 1854
= Macromirosaurus CURINI, 1847 (sic)
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Perledo, Lario, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

= Lariosaurus balsami varietas plinii CURINOI, 1847
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality:

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

 

= Deirosaurus italicus OWEN, 1854 (nomen dubium)
Etymology: In reference to Italy the country of orign.

Holotype:

Locality: Perlito, above Verenno, near the Lake of Como, Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon: Black Liassic calcaerous Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Jurassic?

Material: Cervical and dorsal vertebrae, with parts of the scapular arch and interior extremities. Upwards of 22 pairs of thoracic vertebral ribs.

Referred material:

Royal College of Surgeons 283: Cast of type.

 

= Eupodosaurus longobardicus BOULENGER, 1891
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Lombardia Province, North Italy.

Horizon: Esion Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material: Cast of a foot.

 

= Proneusticosaurus carinthiacus ARTHABER, 1924
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Niveau, Karnpten, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

= Rhaeticonia rothpletzi BROILI, 1927
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Burserberg near Blundenz, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Horizon: Rhaetic.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Rhaetian Stage, Uppermost Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: Destroyed during WWII.
Note: Most probably a juvenile specimen.

 

= Lariosaurus lavizzarii KUHN-SCHYNDER, 1987 (nomen dubium)
Etymology:

Holotype: PIMUZ T. 4288

Locality: Val Mara, Meride Tessin Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon: Upper Meridekalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton of a juvenile.

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Species: juvenilis (EDINGER, 1921) LIN, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MONTANI, JI, TINTORI, SUN & ZHOU, 2017
Etymology:
= Nothosaurus juvenilis EDINGER, 1921

Holotype: PGIMUH (Konign Collection) K.8698-1

Locality: Nusslocher Quarry along the road to Wiesloch near Heidelberg, Baden-Württenberg State, Germany.

Horizon: Hauptmuschelkalk, lower Trochitenkalk, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: mo1.

Age: Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull.

Referred material:

= Nothosaurus cf. N. juvenilis RENESTO, 2010

Locality: Monte San Giorgio area, Northern Italy.

Horizon: Besano Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Anisian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

BES SC 1736: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

DIEDRICH, 2013

Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: atavus Biozone, Oolite beds.

Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

MB no. R. 122, R. 127, NME 78/406: Sacral costa.

MB no. R.131: Scapula.

MB no. R.134.2, NME 78/321a-c, 78/328, 93/155: Anterior teeth.

MB no. R.137.1: Anterior dorsal vertebral neural arch.

MB no. R. 137.2: Middlecervical vertebral neural arch.

MB no. R.137-3, 78/245, /246, 78/249, 78/269, 78/287, 78/405, 78/530, : Anterior cervical vertebrae.

MB no. R. 142: Middle gastralia.

MB no. R.453: Tibia.

MB no. R.457: Ulna.

MB.R.524.1: Dorsal vertebra neural arch.

MB. R.2829, NME 78/281, 93/43: Ischia.

MB. R.2830, NME 78/399, /511: Femora.

NME no. 39/79: Lumbar vertebra.

NME no. 71: Posterior dorsal vertebral centrum.

NME no. 72: Posterior dorsal vertebral centrum.

NME no. 78/000, /345: Scapulae.

NME no. R.137.1: Anterior dorsal vertebra neural arch.

NME no. 78/197: Incomplete ulna.

NME no. 78/201, /215: Humerus half.

NME no. 78/203, /223: Humerus fragments.

NME no. 39/65, 78/207, /330, /331, /332, /502, /534, /535, /536, /538, /540, /534, 93/60, 93/84, R.140, SHMBS 57, 59: Dorsal costa.

NME no. 39/69, 78/230, /327, /329, /506, /508, 93/44: Pubi.

NME no. 78/202, /226: Medium femur.

NME no. 78/213: Clavicle.

NME no. 78/215: Humerus very juvenile.

NME no. 78/216, /335, /339, /400MB R.7768, SHMBS 52: Humerii.

NME no. 78/221, /225, /401, /504, 90/63, unnumbered: Costa fragments.

NME no. 78/224: Caudal costa.

NME 78/238: Dorsal vertebra.

NME no. 78.263: Posterior dorsal vertebra neural arch.

NME no. 78/264: Middle to posterior dorsal vertebral neurla arch. NME no. 78/271: Corocoid.

NME no. 78/270, /271, /272, /323, /325, /524, /525, /542, MB R.491: Coracoids.

NME no. 78/281: Ischium.

NME no. 78/290, /290a-h, /291, /292, /293, /404, /407, /407b-d, /491, MB R.524.2, SHMBS 71, 72: Dorsal vertebra centrum.

NME no. 78/328, 93/155: 2 anteror fangs.

NME no. 78/329: Pubis.

NME no. 78/334: Humerus of an old individual.

NME no. 78/335: Humerus.

NME no. 78/240: Humerus of a juvenile.

NME no. 78/209, /213, /346: Clavicle.

NME no. 78/344: Adult femur.

NME no. 78/353, /505, /528: Gastralia.

NME no. 78/406: Sacral costa.

NME no. 78/474: Middle to posterior dorsal vertebral neural arh.

NME no. 78/499a: Cervical centrum.

NME no. 78.499b-c, MP R.138.2: Posterior dorsal centrum.

NME no. 78/503: Scapula fragment.

NME no. 78/511: Femur.

NME no. 78/516: Incomplete distal gastralia.

NME no. 78/522: Pubis half.

NME no. 78/528: Middle to posterior dorsal vertebral neural arch, middle gastalia.

NME 78/541: Incomplete skull.

NME no. 39/65: 78/528a, b, MB no. R.139: Middle dorsal costas.

NME no. 78/541: Incomplete skull.

NME no. 78/252, /264, /255: Anterior dorsal vertebra neural arch.

NME no. 78/257, /259, /260, /265, /267: Dorsal vertebra neural arch.

NME no. 93/12:Upper caudal vertebral centrum.

NME no. 93/33: Middle dorsal vertebra.

NME no. 93/44: Anterior dorsal costa.

NME no. 93/94: Humerus, medium (placodontid).

NME no. 93/95: Anteriro dorsal costa.

NME unnumbered: humerus of a very young individual, Ilium.

SHMBS no. 51, SHMBS 78/337, 78/338: Clavicles.

SHMBS 58: Anterior dorsal centra.

SHMBS no. 63: Lumbar vertebral centrum.

SHMBS unnumbered: Anterior tooth.

 

Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: atavus Biozone, Glauconite bed.

Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

NME 78/282: Clavicle.


= Nothosaurus jagisteus RIEPPEL, 2001
Etymology: Jagisteus, for the river Ja gst.

Holotype: SMNS 56618

Locality: Quarry of the Schotterwerke Hohenlohe-Bauland, Berlichingen, Hohenlohe Area, Saschen (Saxony) State, southern Germany.

Horizon: Hohenlohe Subformation, Meißner Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: nodosus through semipartitus biozone.

Age: Lower Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull, dentary and partial skeleton.

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Species: calcagnii (PEYER, 1931)
Etymology:
= Ceresiosaurus calcagnii PEYER, 1931

Holotype: PIMUZ T 2460

Locality: Valle Nera, Acqua del Ghiffo, Serpiano, Monte San Giorgio, Tessen Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon: Cava Inferiore beds, Lower Meridekalke.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epcoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and skeleton.

Referred material:

Example B: Skull and skeleton.

Example C: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

 

RIEPPEL & DALLA VECCHIA, 2001

Locality: Val Rogno, Province of Bergamo, Italy.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Early Late Triassic.

Material:

MSNB 8030: Humerus.

 


RIEPPEL & HAGDORN, 1998

Locality: Mont-Ral, Alcover, Tarragona Province, Spain.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given:

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Species: stensioi (HAAS, 1963) RIEPPEL, MAZIN & TCHERNOV, 1999
Etymology:
= Micronothosaurus stensioi HAAS, 1963
Etymology:

Holotype: HUJ-Pal 756

Locality: Makhtesh Ramon, Negev, Israel.

Horizon: Lower member , Saharonim Formation, Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Anisian Stage, (Middle and late Illyrian), Early Mid Triassic Epoch, or early Ladinian Stage, (Fassanian), Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Posterior portion of skull.
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Species: buzzii TSCHANZ, 1989
Etymology:
= Silvestrosaurus buzzii KUHN-SCHNYDER, 1990
Etymology:
= Nothosaurus sp KUHN-SCHNYDER 1963/1974

Holotype: PIMUZ T/2804

Locality: Punkt 902, Monte San Giorgio, Tessen Canton, Switzerland.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy: Grenzbitumen zone, layer 97.

Age: Anisian/Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull, mandible, the postcranial skeleton is disarticulated and parts of the tail and probably of the neck.
Note: Cyamodus hildegardis tooth bearing elements found in the stomach of Lariosaurus buzzii TSCHANZ 1989.

Referred material:

DIEDRICH, 2012

Locality: Bindlach, Bindlacher Berg, Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

= Lariosaruus cf. buzli SMF No. R4572: Skull.

UMO-no. BT0722: Femur.

SMF no. R951: Middle dorsal vertebra centrum.

SMF unnumbered: Posterior dorsal centra.

DIEDRICH, 2013

Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: atavus Biozone, Oolite beds.

Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

MB no. 139: Middle dorsal costa.

MB no. 141.1: Anterior thoracic costa.

MB no. 145.1: Middle dorsal vertebra centrum.

MB no. R.455: Humerus.

MB no. R.505.1, .2: Dorsal vertebrae nerual arch.

MB unnumbered: Posterior cervical costa.

NME no. 78/204, /500a, b, /236a-g, unnumbered, MB. R145.1, R145.5, R505.3, R505.6, : Dorsal vertebrae centra.

NME no. 78/233: Lower jaw.

NME no. 78/234: Skull.

NME no. 78/236h: Posterior dorsal centrum.

NME no. 78/240: Middle dorsal vertebra centrum.

NME no. 78/240a: Middle dorsal vertebra centrum.

NME no. 78/240b: Posterior dorsal vertebral centrum.

NME no. 78/241: Posterior cervical, middle dorsal vertebra neural arch.

NME no. 78/242, /243, /248: Cervical vertebrae, neural arch.

NME. no. 78/349: Scapula.

NME no. 78/239, /746: Middle dorsal vertebrae neural archs.

NME no. 78/532: Middle dorsal costa.

NME no. 93/12: Anterior caudal vertebra centrum.

NME no. R.126: Ischium.

NME no. R.453: Middle dorsal costa.

SHMBS no. 45: Femur.

 

Locality: Bad Sulza, Thuringia State, Germany.

Horizon: Lower Bad Sulza Member, Bad Sulza Formation, Upper Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy: pulcher Biozone, Coenothyris beds.

Age: Middle Illyrian substage, Ansian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

MB R.126: Ischium.

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Species: valceresii, TINTORI & RENESTO, 1990
Etymology: Named after the valley Valceresio, Italy, where the type locality lies.

Holotype: MCSNIO P500 (Italian Government number: 59781)

Locality: Ca’ del Frate, Viggiu, Varese, the valley of Valceresio, Italy.

Horizon: Lower part of the Kalkschieferzone, (Meride Limestone).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Uppermost Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.

Referred material:

RENESTO, PAREO & LOMBARDO, 2004

MCSNIO 701: Skull and skeleton of an adult.

 

RENESTO, LOMBARDO, TINTORI & DANINI, 2003

MCSNIO 701-703: Embryos.

MCSNIO 704: Embryo.
Note: Found in a different level.


Locality: Estada, Huesca Province, Spain.

Horizon: Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given:

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Species: curionii RIEPPEL, 1998
Etymology:

Holotype: PVHR 1

Locality: Amelie-les-Bains, eastern Pyrenees, France.

Horizon: black calcareous shales.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Probably Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and partial postcranial skeleton.

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Species: xingyiensis LI, LIU & RIEPPEL, 2002
Etymology: Referring to Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, China, in which the fossil locality is situated.

Holotype: IVPP V 11866

Locality: Unknown, Xingyi, Guizhou Province, China.

Horizon: Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation.

Biostratigaphy:

Age: Late Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.

Referred material:

LIN, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MOTANI, JI, TINTORI, SUN & ZHOU, 2017

Locality: Unknown, Xingyi, Guizhou Province, China.

Horizon: Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation.

Biostratigaphy:

Age: Late Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.

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Species: winkelhorsti (KLEIN & ALBERS, 2009) LIN, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MONTANI, JI, TINTORI, SUN & ZHOU, 2017
Etymology: In honor of Herman Winkelhorst, a dedicated collector and member of the Muschelkalk workgroup of Winterswijk who found this specimen.
= Nothosaurus. winkelhorsti KLEIN & ALBERS, 2009

Holotype: NMHL RGM 443825

Locality: Winterswijk Quarry, Winterswijk, The Netherlands.

Horizon: Vossenveld Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Lower Middle Triassic.

Material: Almost complete skull.

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Species: youngi (LI & RIEPPEL, 2004) LIN, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MONTANI, JI, TINTORI, SUN & ZHOU, 2017
Etymology: In honor of the founder of Chinese vertebrate paleontology and the pioneer of Chinese Triassic marine reptile study, late Academician Chung-Chien Young.
= Nothosaurus youngi LI & RIEPPEL, 2004

Holotype: IVPP V 13590

Locality: Xingyi, Guizhou Province, China.

Horizon: Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation.

Biostratigaphy:

Age: Late Middle Triassic.

Material: A nearly complete skull, lower jaws and incomplete postcranial skeleton.

Referred matrial:

JI, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MONTANI, TINTORI, & SUN, 2014

Locality: Wusha Town, Xingyi, Guizhou Province, China.

Horizon: Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation.

Biostratigaphy:

Age: Late Middle Triassic.

Material:

WS-30-R24: A nearly complete speicmen lacking only the posterior portion of tail.

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Species: hongguoensis JIANG, MAISCH, SUN, SUN & HAO, 2006
Etymology: In honor of Hongguo, the central town of Panxian County, Guizhou Province, China.
= Genus: Nova JIANG, HAO, SUN & SUN, 2005

Holotype: GMPKU-P-1011

Locality: Near Yangjuan Village, Xinmin District, Liupanshui City, Panxian County, Guizhou Province, south-east China.

Horizon: Upper Member, Guanling Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Nicoraella kockeli zone.

Age: Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.

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Species: vosseveldensis KLEIN, VOETEN, HAARHUIS & BLEEKER, 2016
Etymology: In reference to the hamlet of Vosseveld, Winterswijk, The Netherlands, where th equarry is loacted.

Holotype: TWE 480000504

Locality: Winterswijkse Steengroeve, Winterswijk, The Netherlands.

Horizon: Laywer 9, Vossenveld Formation, Lower Muschelkalk.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Bithynian, early middle Ansian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.

Material: Skull with a few associated postcranial elements.

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Species: saxiaensis CHENG in CHEN, CHENG, WANG & ZHANG, 2016
Etymology:

Holotype: YIGM V 0940

Locality: Nanzhang and Yuan'an counties, Hubei Province, China.

Horizon: Third Member, Jialingjiang Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Traissic.

Material: An articulted skeleton exposed in dorsal view, preserving part of the lower jaw, the cervical adn dorsal region.

Referred material:

HFUT YZS-16-01: An incom;lete skeleton preserving posteriormost cervical, the dorsal, and part of the sacacral skeleton.