Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus; Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
	Neusticosaurus pusillus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Family:	†Pachypleurosauridae
Genus:	†Neusticosaurus; Seeley, 1882
Species
	†N. edwardsii (Cornalia, 1854 [originally Pachypleura]); †N. peyeri Sander, 1989; †N. pusillus (Fraas, 1881 [originally Simosaurus]) (type); †N. toeplitschi (Nopcsa, 1928 [originally Psilotrachelosaurus]);
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Pachypleura ; Cornalia, 1854 ; Pachypleurosaurus ; Broili, 1927 (nomen dubium) ; Psilotrachelosaurus ; Nopcsa, 1928 ; Species synonymy Neusticosaurus pygmaeus ; Fraas, 1896 ; Pachypleura edwardsii ; Cornalia, 1854 ; Pachypleurosaurus staubi ; Kuhn-Schnyder, 1959 (nomen dubium; junior synonym of N. pusillus) ; Psilotrachelosaurus toeplitschi ; Nopcsa, 1928 ; Simosaurus pusillus ; Fraas, 1881 ;

Neusticosaurus (sometimes misspelled Neuticosaurus) ("swimming lizard"), is an extinct genus of marine reptile belonging to the pachypleurosaurs, from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Neusticosaurus was one of the smallest nothosaurs and probably fed on small fish.

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