Merkurosaurus

Merkurosaurus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene, 28.4–15.97 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Genus: †Merkurosaurus
Klembara, 2008
Species:
†M. ornatus
Binomial name
†Merkurosaurus ornatus
Klembara, 2008

Merkurosaurus is an extinct genus of lizards from the Shinisauria that is known from the Late Oligocene of Germany, collected in 1999,[1] and the Early Miocene Most Formation of the Czech Republic (west Bohemia) and the Wiesbaden Formation Germany of (Amöneburg).[2] A single species, Merkurosaurus ornatus, is known and was named and described by Jozef Klembara in 2008 based on the holotype Pb 02045 and other referred specimens.[2] It was initially only known from deposits in the Czech Republic but remains found in Germany were eventually attributed to the genus in 2015.[3]

References

  1. ^ B. Engesser and G. Storch. (2008). Latest Oligocene Didelphimorpha, Lipotyphla, Rodentia and Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from Oberleichtersbach, Rhön Mountains, Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260:185-251
  2. ^ a b Klembara, J. (2008). "A New Anguimorph Lizard from the Lower Miocene of North-West Bohemia, Czech Republic". Palaeontology. 51 (1): 81–94. Bibcode:2008Palgy..51...81K. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00732.x.
  3. ^ A. Cernansky, J. C. Rage, and J. Klembara. (2015). The Early Miocene squamates of Amöneburg (Germany): the first stages of modern squamates in Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(2):97-128


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