Cymatosaurus

Cymatosaurus; Temporal range: Early-Middle Triassic, 247.5–237 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	C. erikae holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Clade:	†Pistosauroidea
Family:	†Cymatosauridae
Genus:	†Cymatosaurus; Fritsch, 1894
Species
	†C. fridericianus Fritsch, 1894 (type); †C. latifrons Gürich, 1884; †C. multidentatus (von Huene, 1958); †C. minor Rieppel & Wernburg, 1998; †C. erikae Maisch, 2014;

Cymatosaurus is an extinct genus of pistosauroid or nothosauriform sauropterygian. It is known to have been alive from the Early Triassic to the Middle Triassic period (latest Olenekian to Anisian stages) of Germany and they seem to originate from the Netherlands.^[2]^[3] It was small to medium-sized for an eosauropterygian, measuring 1–1.2 metres (3.3–3.9 ft) long.^[3]

Superorder:†Sauropterygia

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Cymatosaurus Temporal range: Early-Middle Triassic, 247.5–237 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

C. erikae holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Clade:	†Pistosauroidea
Family:	†Cymatosauridae
Genus:	†Cymatosaurus Fritsch, 1894
Species
†C. fridericianus Fritsch, 1894 (type) †C. latifrons Gürich, 1884 †C. multidentatus (von Huene, 1958) †C. minor Rieppel & Wernburg, 1998 †C. erikae Maisch, 2014^[1]