Pachypleurosaurus staubi Kuhn-Schnyder, 1959 (nomen dubium;
junior synonym of N. pusillus)[2]
Psilotrachelosaurus toeplitschi Nopcsa, 1928
Simosaurus pusillus Fraas, 1881
Several Neusticosaurus pusillus at the Museum für Naturkunde, BerlinNeusticosaurus edwardsii
Neusticosaurus (sometimes misspelled Neuticosaurus) ("swimming lizard"), is an
extinctgenus 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.
References
^Cornalia, E. (1854). "Notizie zoologiche sul Pachypleura edwardsii Cor. Nuovo sauro acrodonte degli strati triasici di Lombardia". Giornale dell'istituto Lombardo di Scienze. 6: 1–46.
Seeley, H.G. (1882). On Neusticosaurus pusillus (Fraas), an amphibious reptile having affinities with the terrestrial Nothosauria and with the marine Plesiosauria. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 38:350–366.