Smithosaurus, Vasilyan & Čerňanský & Szyndlar & Mörs, 2022

Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Moers, Thomas, 2022, Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany, Fossil Record 25 (1), pp. 99-145 : 99

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7A16698D-4F18-48D2-9D96-51A6E0CC15AC
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4D22CE09-4ABF-438A-8870-230F484F5D5D
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:4D22CE09-4ABF-438A-8870-230F484F5D5D
treatment provided by	by Pensoft
scientific name	Smithosaurus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Smithosaurus gen. nov.

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Etymology.

We name this genus in honour of American paleoherpetologist Krister T. Smith for his valuable contributions to vertebrate paleontology and particularly to squamate morphology and evolution; and from Greek σαύρα [saura], lizard.

Diagnosis.

As for Smithosaurus echzellensis , the only known species.