Reptilia - Rhynchocephalia - Sphenodontidae
Full reference: A. Villa, R. Montie, M. Roper, M. Rothgaenger, and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2021. Sphenofontis velserae gen. et sp. nov., a new rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Brunn (Solnhofen Archipelago, southern Germany). PeerJ 9(e11363):1-51
Belongs to Sphenofontis according to A. Villa et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 1993 XVIII 4, a skeleton (a slab containing a nearly complete and articulated skeleton). Its type locality is Brunn Quarry layer 2, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal mudstone in the Torleite Formation of Germany.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Brunn Quarry layer 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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