Bavarisaurus
Extinct genus of squamate reptile
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Bavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal squamate found in the Altmühltal Formation near Bavaria, Germany.[1] It is the only genus in the family Bavarisauridae.
| Bavarisaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | †Bavarisauridae |
| Genus: | †Bavarisaurus Hoffstetter, 1953 |
| Species: | †B. macrodactylus |
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| †Bavarisaurus macrodactylus Hoffstetter, 1953 | |
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Discovery and naming
The holotype is BSPHM 1873 III,[2] and part of the holotype is now lost.[1] It was initially identified as a species of Homoeosaurus as H. macrodactylus by Wagner (1852).[3] A second partial specimen was tentatively assigned to B. macrospondylus by Ostrom (1978),[4] and Evans (1994) also identified fragmentary skull material belonging to Bavarisaurus.[5]
A fossil skeleton found in the stomach region of a Compsognathus, a small theropod dinosaur,[6] was originally assigned to the genus by Ostrom (1978),[4] but was renamed to Schoenesmahl by Conrad (2018).[7]
