Reptilia - Eosuchia - Saphaeosauridae

Alternative combination: Piocormus thiollierei

Synonym: Sauranodon incisivus Jourdan 1862

Full reference: H. von Meyer. 1851. Description de l’Atoposaurus jourdani et du Sapheosaurus thiollierei, reptiles fossiles des calcaires lithographiques du Bugey. Seconde notice sur le gisement et sur les corps organises fossiles des calcaires lithographiques dans le Jura du departement de l'Ain 5-19

Belongs to Sapheosaurus according to J. Fabre 1981

See also Cocude-Michel 1963, Lortet 1892 and von Meyer 1851

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Sapheosaurus thiollierei: Museum de Lyon - Gisement: Cerin (Ain) no. 15672 (part) and 15673 (counterpart), a partial skeleton (complete skeleton minus skull). Its type locality is Bugey, Cerin, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in France.
• Sauranodon incisivus:

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bugey, Cerin

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