Rhacheosaurus gracilis Meyer 1831

Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae

Alternative combination: Geosaurus gracilis

Belongs to Rhacheosaurus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Quenstedt 1882, Young and Andrade 2009, Young et al. 2010 and Young et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Lost holotype; but casts of the vertebral comlumn and hindlimbs exist (AMNH FR 4804, BMNH R3961), a partial skeleton

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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