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Nectosaurus

Nectosaurus is a genus of thalattosaur (marine diapsid reptiles) which lived during the Late Triassic in what is now California. The type and only known species, Nectosaurus halius, was found in the Hosselkus Limestone and described by John C. Merriam in 1905, making it one of the first thalattosaurians known (along with Thalattosaurus).

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Nectosaurus

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples17
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
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related to Discovery · 6
Nectosaurus → In, Many, Merriam, The, This, UCMP
related to Classification · 5
Nectosaurus → Although, Most, Paralonectes, Thalattosaurs, Xinpusaurus
related to Description · 5
Nectosaurus → Based, Hescheleria, Like, Paralonectes, This
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Nectosaurus → genus of thalattosaur

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known genus halius merriam 1905 referred premaxillae triassic california species thalattosaurus late reptiles classification ucmp specimen thalattosaurs marine making holotype

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Nectosaurusis agenus of thalattosaur0.90text
Nectosaurusrelated to ClassificationMost0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to ClassificationThalattosaurs0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to ClassificationAlthough0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to ClassificationXinpusaurus0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to ClassificationParalonectes0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to DescriptionBased0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to DescriptionThis0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to DescriptionHescheleria0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to DescriptionParalonectes0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to DescriptionLike0.60section
Nectosaurusrelated to DiscoveryThe0.60section

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