Walking with Dinosaurs: Neusticosaurus

Neusticosaurus pusillus
Named by Harry Seeley, 1882
Diet: Piscivore
Type: Sauropterygian pachypleurosaur nothosaur
Size: 8 inches (18 centimeters) long
Region: Europe (Germany and Italy)
Age: Mid Triassic (242 to 235 million BC; Ladinian)
Enemies: Sharks; larger marine reptiles such as larger nothosaurs
Episode: Sea Monsters- Dangerous Seas (6th Most Dangerous Seas) (Only in the companion book, Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Predators of the Deep) (Mispelled 'Neuticosaurus')
Info: At 8 inches (18 centimeters) from snout-to-tail, the tiny Neusticosaurus was one of the smallest species of nothosaur. It swims through the waters of the ancient Tethys Sea in what is now Europe, hunting for small fish.

Note: As with the book, Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History, Sea Monsters does have a companion book that's based on it and does have a few background animals that were absent on screen. This is one of the Triassic creatures, along with the placodont and Mastodonsaurus that I'm also doing.

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