†Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas 1877 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae

Synonym: Aetosaurus crassicauda Fraas 1907

Belongs to Aetosaurus according to W. G. Parker 2016

See also Broom 1913, Desojo et al. 2013, Fraas 1907, Huene 1922, Kuhn 1971, Parker 2007, Perrier 1928, Schoch 2007, Spangenberg 1898 and Wild 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Aetosaurus ferratus: SMNS 5770, specimen 16, a skeleton (Nearly complete skull and skeleton). Its type locality is Billert, Kaltental, which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
  • Aetosaurus crassicauda: SMNS 11837. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (3 collections), Greenland (1), Italy (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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