†Atoposaurus oberndorferi Meyer 1850 (crocodilian)
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Reptilia - Loricata - Atoposauridae
Belongs to Atoposaurus according to J. P. Tennant et al. 2016
See also Gervais 1871, Perrier 1928 and Tennant and Mannion 2014
Sister taxon: Atoposaurus jourdani
Type specimen: TM 3956, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Compsognathus type, Kapfelberg (BSP), which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Painten Formation of Germany.
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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