Carinthiasaurus
| Carinthiasaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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| Holotype specimen in dorsal (a) and dorsolateral (b) views | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Nothosauroidea |
| Suborder: | †Nothosauria |
| Family: | †Nothosauridae |
| Genus: | †Carinthiasaurus Klein et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †C. kandutschi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Carinthiasaurus kandutschi Klein et al., 2025
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Carinthiasaurus (meaning "Carinthia lizard") is an extinct genus of nothosaurid sauropterygians, part of a group of marine reptiles. It is known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian age) Fellbach Limestone of Austria. The genus contains a single species, Carinthiasaurus kandutschi, known from two nearly complete skeletons, one of which preserves a skull.