In Depth
Cymatosaurus is usually seen to be a member of the Pistosauridea. This group of marine reptiles were the forerunners of the plesiosaurs which seem to have evolved from later more advanced pistosauroid forms. Other members of this group include Augustasaurus and Pistosaurus, but Cymatosaurus probably also shared the ocean with placodonts like Placodus, icthyosaurs like Cymbospondylus and Mixosaurus, nothosaurs like Nothosaurus and sharks like Hybodus.
Further Reading
– A well preserved skull of Cymatosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the uppermost Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Germany. – Neues Jahrbuch f�r Geologie und Pal�ontologie – Abhandlungen. 272 (2): 213–224. – Michael W. Maisch – 2014.
