Nothosaurus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Nothosaurus
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, Africa
- Group
- Marine reptile
- Period
- Triassic
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Length
- Medium (3–9 m)
- Moves
- Swims
- Feature
- Long neck
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its name means false lizard, and it was a relative of the later plesiosaurs.
- Its jaws were lined with long, needle-like teeth that interlocked like a trap.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q910989 · All prehistoric life · All entries