Sciurumimus albersdoerferi Rauhut et al. 2012 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, C. Foth, H. Tischlinger and M. A. Norell. 2012. Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 29:11746-11751

Belongs to Sciurumimus according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2012

See also Delsate and Ezcurra 2014, Hanson and Makovicky 2013 and Rauhut et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMMS BK 11, a skeleton. Its type locality is Rygol Quarry, Painten, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Torleite Formation of Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rygol Quarry, Painten

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