Anarosaurus pumilio Dames, 1890

Sues, Hans-Dieter & Schoch, Rainer R., 2025, Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany, Fossil Record 28 (2), pp. 411-483 : 411-483

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.28.164405

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17823911

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scientific name

Anarosaurus pumilio Dames, 1890
status

 

Anarosaurus pumilio Dames, 1890

Holotype.

GZG, lost during World War II. Casts are housed in various museums (e. g., SMNS 59073 About SMNS ).

Type locality.

Remkersleben, 15 km west of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.

Type horizon.

Judicarites and Neoschizodus orbicularis Zone, Karlstadt Formation, Middle Muschelkalk Subgroup. Age : Middle Triassic (Anisian: Illyrian).

Diagnosis.

Distinguished by the following combination of features: dermal cranial bones weakly sculptured; homodont dentition; teeth with spatulate crowns; eight premaxillary teeth; 25 or 26 dorsal vertebrae; pubis with open obturator foramen; and femur distinctly elongated ( Rieppel 2000).

References.

Dames (1890), Rieppel and Lin (1995), Rieppel (2000).