Cymatosaurus erikae Maisch 2014 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Full reference: M. W. Maisch. 2014. A well preserved skull of Cymatosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the uppermost Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 272(2):213-224

Belongs to Cymatosaurus according to M. W. Maisch 2014

Sister taxa: Cymatosaurus erythreus, Cymatosaurus fridericianus, Cymatosaurus gracilis, Cymatosaurus latifrons, Cymatosaurus minor, Cymatosaurus multidentatus, Proneusticosaurus silesiacus, Proneusticosaurus madelungi

Type specimen: SMNS 10977. Its type locality is Jenzig, near Jena, which is in a Bithynian marine horizon in the Röt Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Jenzig, near Jena

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