Biology:Bavarisaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of squamate reptile

Bavarisaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Bavarisauridae
Genus: Bavarisaurus
Species:
B. macrodactylus
Binomial name
Bavarisaurus macrodactylus
Hoffstetter, 1953
Synonyms
  • "Bavariasaurus" (sic)
  • Homoeosaurus macrodactylus Wagner, 1854

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bavarisaurus at Fossilworks.org
  2. Nopcsa, F. (1903). "Neues ueber Compsognathus". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 16: 476–494. 
  3. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1041648 entry