Ebrachosaurus
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| Ebrachosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Order: | †Aetosauria |
| Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
| Genus: | †Ebrachosaurus Kuhn, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| E. singularis Kuhn, 1936 | |
Ebrachosaurus is an extinct genus of aetosaur.[1] It was named after the town of Ebrach, Germany, near an outcrop of the Blasensandstein Formation where the original fossils have been found.[2] Other Blasensandstein fauna include the temnospondyl Metoposaurus and the phytosaur Francosuchus.[3] The genus has often been considered synonymous with the closely related Stagonolepis.[4][5][6] The holotype specimen was lost during World War II,[7] so its relationships within Stagonolepididae remain indeterminant.[8]
