Kingdom Animalia Species N. halius Phylum Chordata Order Thalattosaur | Class Sauropsida Scientific name Nectosaurus Rank Genus | |
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Similar Thalattosaur, Thalattosaurus, Clarazia, Xinpusaurus, Endennasaurus | ||
Nectosaurus is a genus of marine diapsid reptile which lived during the Late Triassic of what is now California. The type species is N. halius, described by John C. Merriam in 1905. A 2002 analysis of Nectosaurus classifies it as a thalattosaurian, one of a group of marine reptiles which lived during the Triassic.
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