Reptilia - Eosuchia - Homoeosauridae
Cocude-Michel (1963) suggests that this species does not belong to Homoeosaurus, but instead is closer to Kallimodon and Sapheosaurus, and is therefore of uncertain sphenodontian affinity.
Alternative combination: Homeosaurus rhodani
Full reference: L. Lortet. 1892. Les reptiles fossiles du bassin du Rhône [The fossil reptiles of the Rhône basin]. Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 5:3-139
Belongs to Homeosaurus according to N. M. Grier 1914
See also Cocude-Michel 1963 and Lortet 1892
Sister taxa: Homoeosaurus macrodactylus, Homoeosaurus maximiliani, Homoeosaurus parvipes, Homoeosaurus solnhofensis, Homoeosaurus struckmanni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerin, Jura, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in France
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cerin, Jura
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