Bavarisaurus
Appearance
Bavarisaurus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | †Bavarisauridae |
Genus: | †Bavarisaurus |
Species: | †B. macrodactylus
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Binomial name | |
†Bavarisaurus macrodactylus Hoffstetter, 1953
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Bavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal squamate found in the Solnhofen limestone near Bavaria, Germany.[1] A fossil skeleton found in the stomach region of a Compsognathus, a small theropod dinosaur,[2] was originally assigned to the genus, but was renamed to Schoenesmahl in 2017.[3]
The holotype is BSPHM 1873 III. Part of the holotype is now lost.[1]
References
- ^ a b Bavarisaurus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Nopcsa, F. (1903). "Neues ueber Compsognathus". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. 16: 476–494.
- ^ Conrad, J.L. (2017). "A new lizard (Squamata) was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183 (3): 584–634. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx055.
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