Product Description
Our Nothosaurus plastic reproduction is 4 inches long. Add this unique extinct animal to your display, diorama, or as an example in a science project of ancient sea life. Include some of our other models of extinct reptiles, Triassic Period animals, or extinct sea life to build a colorful picture of prehistoric time.
Nothosaurus is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile from the Triassic period, approximately 240-210 million years ago, with fossils being distributed from North Africa and Europe to China. Nothosaurus was a semi-oceanic animal which probably had a lifestyle similar to that of today's seals. It was about 4 metres (13 ft), with long, webbed toes and possibly a fin on its tail. Nothosaurus would use its tail, legs, and webbed feet to propel and steer it through the water. The skull was broad and flat, with long jaws, lined with needle teeth, it probably caught fish and other marine creatures.