Reptilia - Squamata - Eichstaettisauridae
Full reference: J. L. Conrad. 2017. A new lizard (Squamata) was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlx055:1-51
Belongs to Schoenesmahl according to J. L. Conrad 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG AS I 563b, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton lacking nasals, vomers, palatines, postorbitals, quadrates, anterior presacral vertebrae, pectoral girdles, most of the radii and ulnae, man). 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:
Distribution: found only at Compsognathus type, Kapfelberg (BSP)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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