Vellbergia bartholomaei Sobral et al. 2020 (crown diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosuchia

Full reference: G. Sobral, T. R. Simões, and R. R. Schoch. 2020. A tiny new Middle Triassic stem lepidosauromorph from Germany: implications for the early evolution of lepidosauromorphs and the Vellberg fauna. Scientific Reports 10(2273)

Belongs to Vellbergia according to G. Sobral et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 91590, a partial skull (partial skull exposed in left-lateral view). Its type locality is Vellberg-Eschenau, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay claystone in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Vellberg-Eschenau

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