Nothosaur

Nothosauroidea; Temporal range: Early-Late Triassic, Possible late Rhaetian record.
	Nothosaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Clade:	†Eosauropterygia
Order:	†Nothosauroidea; Baur, 1889
Subgroups
	†Brevicaudosaurus; †Dawazisaurus; †Pachypleurosauria?; †Nothosauria †Simosauridae; †Nothosauridae; ;

Nothosaurs (superfamily Nothosauroidea) were Triassic marine sauropterygian reptiles. They averaged about 3 metres (10 ft) in length, with a long body and tail. The feet were paddle-like, and are known to have been webbed in life, to help power the animal when swimming. The neck was quite long, and the head was elongated and flattened, and relatively small in relation to the body. The margins of the long jaws were equipped with numerous sharp outward-pointing teeth, indicating a diet of fish and squid.

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