Megalancosaurus endennae Renesto et al. 2010 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Diapsida - Drepanosauridae

Full reference: S. Renesto, J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas and G. T. Spagnoli. 2010. The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 46:1-81

Belongs to Megalancosaurus according to S. Renesto et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Megalancosaurus preonensis

Type specimen: MBSN 25, a partial skeleton (Partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Endenna cave, which is in an Alaunian shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Zorzino Limestone Formation of Italy.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: found only at Endenna cave

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