What is Nothosaur?
{{taxobox | name = Nothosaurs | fossil range = [[Triassic]] | image = Nothosaurus_BW.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Nothosaurus]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] | superordo = [[Sauropterygia]] | ordo = '''Nothosauroidea''' | ordo_authority = [[George Baur|Baur]], 1889 | subdivision_ranks = [[Order (biology)|Suborders]] | subdivision = * [[Pachypleurosauria]] * [[Nothosauria]] }} '''Nothosaurs''' were long-necked, long-tailed, [[fish]]-eating [[sauropterygia]]n [[reptile]]s ranging from a few inches to 20 feet (6 m) long - they were not [[dinosaur]]s. Nothosaurs lived during the [[Triassic]] period. They may have evolved into the [[plesiosaur]]s. These reptiles had a long, thin head with many sharp teeth; the front teeth were longer than the back teeth. The nostrils were on the top end of the snout. They breathed air but spent most of the time in the water. * ''[[Pistosaurus]]'' {{biology-stub}} [[category:Fossils]] [[Category:Sauropterygia]] [[Category:Marine reptiles]]