Merkurosaurus Temporal range:
Late Oligocene-
Early Miocene,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Genus: | †
Merkurosaurus Klembara, 2008 |
Species: | †M. ornatus
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Binomial name | |
†Merkurosaurus ornatus Klembara, 2008
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Merkurosaurus is an extinct genus of lizards from the Shinisauria that is known from the Late Oligocene of Germany, collected in 1999, [1] and the Early Miocene Most Formation of the Czech Republic (west Bohemia) and the Wiesbaden Formation Germany of ( Amöneburg). [2] A single species, Merkurosaurus ornatus, is known and was named and described by Jozef Klembara in 2008 based on the holotype Pb 02045 and other referred specimens. [2] It was initially only known from deposits in the Czech Republic but remains found in Germany were eventually attributed to the genus in 2015. [3]
Merkurosaurus Temporal range:
Late Oligocene-
Early Miocene,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Genus: | †
Merkurosaurus Klembara, 2008 |
Species: | †M. ornatus
|
Binomial name | |
†Merkurosaurus ornatus Klembara, 2008
|
Merkurosaurus is an extinct genus of lizards from the Shinisauria that is known from the Late Oligocene of Germany, collected in 1999, [1] and the Early Miocene Most Formation of the Czech Republic (west Bohemia) and the Wiesbaden Formation Germany of ( Amöneburg). [2] A single species, Merkurosaurus ornatus, is known and was named and described by Jozef Klembara in 2008 based on the holotype Pb 02045 and other referred specimens. [2] It was initially only known from deposits in the Czech Republic but remains found in Germany were eventually attributed to the genus in 2015. [3]