taxonID	type	description	language	source
ACDE61A7FC965F9FA89349ECFD5CBFDF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following autapomorphies: premaxilla lacking apical transverse expansion; maxilla extending to midlevel of external naris; jugal shorter than orbit; size of supratemporal fenestra one fifth size of orbit; quadratojugal process extending into infratemporal fenestra; three supraorbital elements; ratio of width to length for paramedian dorsal osteoderms 2 to 3.5; paramedian dorsal osteoderms slightly flexed transversely; and ventral dermal armor in mid-trunk region comprising up to 12 osteoderms per transverse row (Schoch 2007).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
EAC30B7B81A05FBCA1F8FEC1EEABB410.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Aetosaurus ferratus O. Fraas, 1877.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
4B56E744BF8E55AF8E3ED28AE208DEF6.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Amotosaurus rotfeldensis Fraser & Rieppel, 2006.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
17F5D7242A265C34B07A86D365C33518.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: eight cervical vertebrae; centra of cervicals 4 and 5 longest, with length at least 2.5 times minimum height; cervical ribs elongate, extending across at least three intervertebral articulations anteriorly; 25 presacral vertebrae; distal end of second sacral rib distinctly bifurcated; length of metatarsals asymmetrical, with mt. IV being the longest, then mt. III, then mt. II, then mt. I, and mt. V being the shortest; proximal phalanx of pedal digit V long and ‘ metatarsal-like’; three distal tarsals; ischium and pubis possibly in contact below thyroid fenestra; and palatine, pterygoid, and vomer all covered by fine shagreen of denticles (Fraser and Rieppel 2006; Ezcurra 2016).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
FC9BBA6652AE5C449F24505E3D7166AD.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Anarosaurus pumilio Dames, 1890.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C75D2B4CFAFA576BB89C12B7F48A53EF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: dermal cranial bones with distinct sculpturing; dentition heterodont; and prefrontal and postfrontal closely approaching each other on orbital margin (Rieppel 2000).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B0B0708DFE265696832127CF8580FDA5.taxon	diagnosis	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).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
CF93D65DC3F65FB081A789C8FF756B28.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Anomoiodon liliensterni F. Huene, 1939.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
1404894EE32957899B8464104306D8BE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following features: dentary with anterior four teeth increasing in height and size posteriorly up to fifth tooth, which is almost twice as tall as the fourth; and sixth tooth with greatest labiolingual width, slightly shorter than the fifth (Säilä 2008).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
1ADE172023D95DBAA11D7308CA7523C8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: dorsolateral ridge of squamosal not overhanging temporal region; dorsal surface of squamosal bounding supratemporal fenestra flat; ventral process of squamosal with faint lateral ridge; maxilla without distinct antorbital fossa and medial bony lamina bordering the antorbital fenestra; ventral margin of antorbital fenestra forming thickened rim; and lateral surface of dentary bearing prominent anteroposteriorly extending ridge (Sues and Schoch 2013).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
E92CB08314065E029AAF0AECA08F6A31.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Apatosuchus orbitoangulatus (F. Huene, 1932 b).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
2F9E00ACB4845A2587F3666C9E0D64BC.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Batrachotomus kupferzellensis Gower, 1999.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
8B28C949EE525708B402358DBD2D9A20.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Diagnosed by a single unambiguous autapomorphy: presence of small depression on lateral surface of ventral process of postorbital (Nesbitt 2011). Gower and Schoch (2009) listed numerous differences in the structure of the skull and postcranial skeleton that clearly distinguish Batrachotomus kupferzellensis from other known loricatan taxa. It differs from its closest known relative, Heptasuchus clarki from the Middle or Upper Triassic of Wyoming, in several cranial features (Nesbitt et al. 2020).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
581629AF759E5F6695C406E95C0219FE.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Blezingeria ichthyospondyla (E. Fraas, 1896).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
0E3D7BF4360753D7A60FB5649C7F4553.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: dorsal vertebral centra short anteroposteriorly, higher than long, amphicoelous and lacking notochordal pits; neural spines greatly elongated, narrow transversely, and slender; facets for rib articulation extending on both centra and neural arches (Müller 2002; Fig. 9 C, D). A new diagnosis must await a comprehensive examination of all specimens.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
864D8CA7517152159A4BEB995912BE96.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Calamosuchus arenaceus (E. Fraas, 1896), comb. nov.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
864D8CA7517152159A4BEB995912BE96.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from Latin calamus, reed, and the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed deity Sobk or Sebek, commonly used for names of reptilian genera. The word calamus alludes to the fossil coming from a formation traditionally known as Schilfsandstein (“ reed sandstone ”).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
864D8CA7517152159A4BEB995912BE96.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Calamosuchus arenaceus is distinguished by the following combination of features: Tooth-bearing ramus of dentary increasing in dorsoventral height posteriorly; symphyseal of region of mandible taller dorsoventrally than wide transversely; splenial long, extensively contributing to mandibular symphysis; external mandibular fenestra elongated, extending ventral to posterior dentary teeth; and dentary tooth crowns labiolingually flattened and with serrated carinae (Hungerbühler 2001; pers. obs.).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C932417DDA865DF29F7BE248446420C8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Currently not possible because NMC 10282 requires re-examination.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
4B4F22DCC5A55123801280D1A7E3365C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Coburgosuchus goeckeli Heller, 1954.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
76A313C1409B57D4874E4C596FA640E1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Diagnosed by the following combination of features: posterior cervical, dorsal, sacral and anterior caudal vertebrae with elongated neural spines forming symmetrical ‘ sail’ (shared with other ctenosauriscids); dorsal neural spines distinctly elongated, with height of longest neural spine more than 12 times length that of corresponding vertebral centrum (probably shared with Arizonasaurus babbitti); neural spines with strongly anteroposteriorly expanded apices, reaching 190 % of anteroposterior length of bases (probably shared with Hypselorhachis mirabilis); and pre- and postzygapophyses of dorsal vertebrae large and robust, extending far beyond anterior and posterior articular faces of centra (probably shared with Hypselorhachis mirabilis) (Butler et al. 2011).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
D6168F1CF42A5BE4B14530279881A1EB.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Ctenosauriscus koeneni (F. Huene, 1902).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
071BE33D673D56DBB7DF3E114AE7C928.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: nasals fused; frontal lacking anterolateral process; anteromedial process of parietal embraced by frontal; furrow with three foramina along anteroventral margin of orbit; and epipterygoid incompletely ossified in adults (Rieppel 2001).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
4DF9CF163FF85EBB998430E22F2F3C78.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Cyamodus rostratus (Münster, 1839).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
E6ED4CCF8EC05B50B5D4DA75EA89FF43.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Rieppel (2001 a) argued that this taxon cannot be diagnosed at present.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C74BF75BED485A84A2F28CF39DC14195.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: grooves on postorbital portions of frontals converging toward parietal foramen; maxilla extending posteriorly to level behind posterior orbital margin in lateral view; jugal excluded from orbital margin in lateral view; anterior palatal process of jugal extending far between maxilla and palatine; jugal extending posteriorly along anteromedial margin of subtemporal fossa; apex of posterodorsal process of epipterygoid exposed at dorsomedial corner of posttemporal fossa in occipital view; distinct ‘ epiotic’ ossification between supraoccipital and opisthotic; and palatine with three crushing teeth located posterior to two maxillary crushing teeth (Rieppel 2001 a).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
AE3E680A5F5858AC906968526EA2F4BA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: estimated skull length about 20 cm; nasals not reaching external nares or anterior orbital margins; frontal not entering orbital margin; frontal closely approaching but not entering supratemporal fenestra; at least two maxillary teeth anterior to fangs; parietals extending up to posterior orbital margins, posteriorly narrow, and lacking sagittal crest; vomers unfused; palatines narrow and elongate; and quadrates and quadrate condyles inclined (Maisch 2014).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
AEAF2CF83B325F42B31A7F20B0A7A341.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: paired fangs of maxilla followed by three maxillary teeth; nasal small, excluded from external narial margin; prefrontal and postfrontal in contact along orbital margin; and frontal entering anterior margin of supratemporal fossa (Rieppel 2000).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
76CEEE956377555BB2EB2BBE477F0E6A.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Cymatosaurus fridericianus Fritsch, 1894.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
2AA4ECD0D40A5C5FA9A703AB858BA9F1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: supratemporal fossa proportionately long and narrow; sagittal crest present on posterior portion of parietals; anterolateral processes of parietals nearly extending to posterior orbital margins; and vomers fused (Rieppel 2000).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
F0F1753191925E67BC9C72C990E438E7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: Premaxillae with long posterodorsal processes separating nasals for considerable distance; antorbital fenestra low, long, and oval; antorbital fossa deep, distinctly rimmed; nasal and jugal not entering margin of antorbital fenestra; jugal deep, with distinct ridge separating ventrolateral and dorsolateral surfaces; dorsal dermal armor comprising pair of rows of paramedian osteoderms; and presence of cervical lateral osteoderms (Maisch et al. 2013).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
731FB9752FD456369E9A19BAA1D526D8.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Dyoplax arenaceus O. Fraas, 1867.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
4506A8E25F5D53B6B07BA6841CD290CA.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Ebrachosaurus singularis Kuhn, 1936.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
8075D20BBC8B53B2A5FE7C7663C12CA9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Due to the loss of the holotype and only known specimen it is no longer possible to provide a diagnosis.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
78D1A88C834255BBB6859234D7FE8DA5.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Ebrachosuchus neukami Kuhn, 1936.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
FABC582C374352C899101B40A2CC8477.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following autapomorphies: antorbital length of cranium more than 3.8 times that of combined orbit and postorbital lengths; premaxilla and maxilla with total of more than 50 teeth; pronounced, sharp flange along lateral surface of dorsal process of jugal and ventral process of postorbital continuous posteriorly with lateral margin of postorbital – squamosal bar; infratemporal fenestra much longer anteroposteriorly than deep dorsoventrally, terminating anteriorly at level of midpoint of orbit; quadrate foramen greatly enlarged, approximately two-thirds of width of foramen magnum; and alveolar ridges absent from anterior portion of maxilla and only poorly developed on premaxilla (Butler et al. 2014).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
24A0899997585E28A59616EDD30979B4.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Efraasia minor (F. Huene, 1908).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
07100BE830A559B1913C28C94EB31114.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: phalanx I- 1 of manual digit I longer than metacarpal I; and distal portion of pubis not expanded anteroposteriorly (Schaeffer 2024).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
7414796C59595778AC738CDC037E93D0.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Eifelosaurus triadicus Jaekel, 1904.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
2B65B985E65452C28B90849A6BE0925C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. No autapomorphies. Sues et al. (2022) tentatively considered Eifelosaurus triadicus a valid taxon because it can be clearly differentiated from other known early-diverging rhynchosaurs.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
4D4C621FC72D5D4E9566AD40996A36E6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: frontal with distinct posterolateral process; maxillary tooth row extending back to posterior orbital margin; jugal with freely ending posterior process; palatine ramus of pterygoid covered with shagreen of teeth; angular exposed laterally for about one third of lateral surface of mandibular ramus; anterior margin of interclavicle notched; and posterior process of interclavicle spatulate (Sobral et al. 2015).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
45F06D47D9485D24941A2FFF8FC0AA62.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Elachistosuchus huenei Janensch, 1949.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
F68366544566525CA0D358DE406C132E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following suite of derived features: Maxillary and dentary tooth crowns conical, usually with recurved apices, with three to five parallel striae on lingual surface near apex of crown, and with robust bases; maxilla with dorsoventrally low facial process and long anterior process; jugal with short anterior process and very short, freely ending posterior process (only in adults); and ilium with tall, posterodorsally extending process (Schoch and Sues 2018 b).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
187011BB181951949E3DF875B2E9307D.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Fraxinisaura rozynekae Schoch & Sues, 2018 b.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
177455A3D4DD5DF5B5B6025A5D266A8A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: skull broad transversely, flat dorsoventrally, and truncated anteriorly; anterior edges of premaxillae denticulate; maxilla with deep groove but without teeth; palatines separated from each other by broad vomers and pterygoids; palatine with single posterior crushing tooth; supratemporal fenestra small or absent; parietal broad and fan-shaped; dentary with deep groove and single posterior crushing tooth; coronoid forming small coronoid process; carapace shorter anteroposteriorly than wide transversely, distinctly embayed anteriorly and posteriorly, and linked to plastron by lateral wall; dorsomedial row of hexagonal osteoderms underlain by dorsal neural spines; and marginal row of smaller hexagonal osteoderms closely associated with underlying ribs (Rieppel 2001 a, 2002).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
7C1CD13CE2235CDB9C6DB9BDB775DA14.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Henodus chelyops F. Huene, 1936.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
FE2E7A44797B5083B7BA19A8D30378D2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: very robust, pachyosteosclerotic humerus; proximal head of humerus triangular with protruding preaxial margin and protruding ventral ridge; and distal end of humerus asymmetrical, with preaxially slanted margin (N. Klein and Hagdorn 2014).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
71807EF1734457E49C5BA3DFBFB2FC8C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Horaffia kugleri N. Klein & Hagdorn, 2014.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
55C45D5392055D229BB4DCEF04669DB6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: maxillary tooth crowns tall, slightly recurved, bearing prominent apicobasal ridges along labial and lingual surfaces and smooth mesial and distal carinae (Fig. 10 C); width of dorsal osteoderms up to 1.2 – 1.8 times greatest length; sculpturing pronounced on dorsal and caudal osteoderms, comprising prominent ridges and deep pits (Fig. 10 E) that are more prominently developed but fewer in number than on comparable osteoderms of Doswellia kaltenbachi; and cervical centra distinctly longer than high, with those of sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae being longest (Schoch and Sues 2014; Ezcurra 2016).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B206CBD105155B8882694DB099E8E390.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Jaxtasuchus salomoni Schoch & Sues, 2014.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
8937438CF91854F0999FDFA6C5ECE7EC.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Koiloskiosaurus coburgiensis F. Huene, 1911 a.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
1B055A977AC45B9CAA2D0DD70ABA140A.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Lariosaurus balsami Curioni, 1847.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
8DE88849017D50728EDF8A160D3DD15F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A comprehensive diagnosis must await a detailed reassessment of the syntypes and recently referred specimens that is currently in progress. Ezcurra and Cuny (2007) listed the absence of the centrodiapophyseal lamina extending from the diapophysis to the posterodorsal corner of the cervical centrum and the absence of a posterior pleurocoel on the anterior cervical vertebrae as distinctive for Liliensternus liliensterni.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
0E9F312E24D7562EA8952CE232884308.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Liliensternus liliensterni (F. Huene, 1934).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
73BDA6A4258C5B7286D30151A632FC44.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: posterior palatine tooth greatly enlarged; posterior processes of premaxillae extending posteriorly to frontals and separating nasals from each other; posttemporal fossae small; and distal portion of quadrate above distal articular end pierced by foramen (Rieppel 2000).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BCFE411EEF90530FBEA06216CBD43DC1.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Macroplacus raeticus Schubert-Klempnauer, 1975.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
5124D13184C75015A3DD0DD6C4454B26.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: posterodorsal process of premaxilla slender, slightly inclined posterodorsally, and with rounded apex; posterodorsal surface of frontal covered by slightly diverging, fine, anteroposteriorly extending grooves; squamosal with distinct lateral ridge extending for entire length of bone; teeth with proportionately small, weakly recurved crowns; humerus much shorter than femur; distal shaft of ischium rod-like; pubis with flat distal portion forming ‘ pubic apron’; neural spines of posterior cervical and anterior dorsal vertebrae with transversely greatly expanded apices that are Y-shaped in anterior / posterior view; centra of dorsal vertebrae taller dorsoventrally than long anteroposteriorly; dorsal osteoderms more or less rectangular in outline, longer anteroposteriorly than wide mediolaterally, with slightly rounded anterior and concave posterior margins and bearing dorsal ridge or eminence; and dorsal surfaces of osteoderms with unsculptured region anteriorly and sculpturing consisting of radially arranged grooves and pits more posteriorly (Sues et al. 2024).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BC5C18227759557BA169F2638F78C3D9.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Marcianosuchus angustifrons Sues, Spiekman & Schoch, 2024.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
DE0C8D829ECB5CF39A1739D810B8935A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. As the holotype and only known specimen is lost it is not possible to develop a modern diagnosis.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
33157293C517574A93177A93CF361E51.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Mesorhinosuchus fraasi (Jaekel, 1910).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
AA810EF99B5554D5BCF19D308160494D.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Mystriosuchus planirostris (Meyer, 1863).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BB5CF2E4C2EE52D5B4692E5A6AFC3686.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Diagnosed by the following combination of features: rostrum greatly elongated; ratio of rostral to narial plus postnarial length exceeding 2.2; interpremaxillary fossa slit-like; skull roof and narial region with sculpturing of deep pits and blunt ridges (Fig. 16 B); antorbital depression crescent-shaped; anterior margin of supratemporal fenestra raised; parietosquamosal bar dorsoventrally thick posteriorly with triangular cross-section; squamosal with distinct, overhanging lateral ridge; posterior process of squamosal small; and posttemporal fenestra very small (Hungerbühler 1997, 2002).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B6251D4C93E658FEA1E8DFB35575C853.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: small size (total body length of up to 52 cm); skull table with parallel lateral margins; orbit proportionately small; supratemporal fossa oval; 22 – 24 dorsal vertebrae; atlas lacking ribs; and two carpal bones present in adults (Sander 1989).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
D810BAF0A78F5F6580D1F1C033CE2378.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Neusticosaurus pusillus (E. Fraas, 1881).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
85C1B100B89456A2AC07C1A8DD68447D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: presence of at least short prenarial crest; external nares below level of skull roof; deep lateral recess on snout separating narial region from antorbital fenestra and continuing anteriorly along suture between maxilla and nasal; lacrimal with elongate depressed area between antorbital fenestra and orbit; parietal-squamosal bar depressed below skull roof; postorbital-squamosal bar thin, relatively broad and short; medial portion of postorbital squamosal bar overhanging lateral half of supratemporal fenestra; posterior process of squamosal not continuously tapering in dorsal view; suborbital opening long and at least partially slit-like; palatine visible on palatal vault in ventral view; and medial wings of palatines in contact along midline of palatal vault (Hungerbühler 1997; Fig. 16 C).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BD9115C2C05F5CE1A28D99D5BADAF088.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Nicrosaurus kapffi (Meyer, 1860).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
14A294CED77250CFA644CCED22B56783.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: condylobasal length of cranium at least 38 cm; maxilla contacting postfrontal, forming posterior margin of orbit; jugal long, slender, and almost reaching orbital margin; parietals fused, with pronounced median ridge anterior to parietal foramen; and ectopterygoid with long posterior extension (Hinz et al. 2019).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
972FEC493EDE517DAB8F9D2543A2DF66.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: total length of skull not exceeding 14 cm; posterior (nasal) processes of premaxillae extending to level well behind posterior margin of external nares; upper temporal fenestrae broad anteriorly; elongated parietal foramen located in deep trough at two thirds of parietal; sagittal crest present behind parietal foramen; and basioccipital tubera same size as occipital condyle (Rieppel and Wild 1996).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
92366053AB6052669ACF9BFF2C8F88DF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: adult condylobasal length of cranium up to 75 cm; premaxillary rostrum relatively short and broad; premaxilla with four fangs, followed by distinctly smaller fifth premaxillary tooth; length to width ratio of mandibular symphysis ranging from 1.0 to 1.3; postorbital with narrow entry into posteroventral margin of orbit; and ectopterygoid flange at anterior margin of subtemporal fossa strongly developed (Rieppel and Wild 1996).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
7281A554165D52529D23DB564E080FDF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: jugal splint-like, not entering orbital margin; anterior end of jugal anterior to level of posterior margin of orbit; maxilla and postorbital in contact behind jugal; squamosal extending anteriorly to level of posterior orbital margin but separated from maxilla by postorbital; four fangs in each dentary within mandibular symphysis; retroarticular process elongate, with distinct ventrolateral facet for insertion of superficial pterygoideus muscle; ‘ saw-cut’ rugosities on apices of cervical and anterior dorsal neural spines; and dorsal neural spines of intermediate height (Rieppel 2001 b).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C25538676F375E28B9D6218FFAB8E610.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: condylobasal length of cranium 12.6 cm; orbit relatively large; postorbital arches relatively narrow; pterygoids closely approaching internal narial openings; paroccipital processes extending posterolaterally, with posterior displacement of craniomandibular articulation to level well behind occipital condyle; and occiput deeply concave (Rieppel and Wild 1996).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
60CD734A654E5CEAAC1B20968889F98F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: condylobasal length of cranium not exceeding 20 cm in adult; rostrum relatively short and broad, rounded; five fangs in each premaxilla, with fifth slightly smaller than preceding fangs; five small maxillary teeth preceding paired maxillary fangs; external nares relatively short, broad, and kidney-shaped; nasals broad, leaf-shaped, and with radiating ornamentation; postfrontal with distinct postorbital constriction; squamosal closely approaching or contacting posterior end of jugal; quadratojugal absent; and ectopterygoid reaching far forward up to half length of palatine (Rieppel and Wild 1996).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
ABC222D8B8EA5683BD0C395376E5FF5C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: adult condylobasal length of cranium of up to 46 cm; rostrum long and slender with parallel lateral edges (Fig. 7 C, D); length-to-width ratio of mandibular symphysis ranging from 1.5 to 1.7; premaxilla with five fangs; four small maxillary teeth preceding paired maxillary fangs; rostral constriction of snout weakly expressed; external nares long and slender; supratemporal fenestra elongated, with constricted anterior corner and with maxillary tooth row extending posteriorly to a level below its midpoint; and tall neural spines on dorsal vertebrae (Rieppel 2000). N. Klein et al. (2022) further characterized N. mirabilis by the following postcranial features: prominent zygantrum-zygosphene articulations connecting neural spines of dorsal vertebrae; large intercentral spaces between cervical and anterior dorsal centra; humerus flat, with broad shaft; humerus with prominent edge at beginning of proximal margin of postaxial shaft and thin but broad crest forming preaxial half; ulna flat; humerus / femur ratio 1.12;, ilium without distinct offset of iliac blade; ischium symmetrical; pubis with weakly developed prepubic process and slit-like obturator foramen; and femur straight.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B23CF2D90CDD5E92B9642C296B016773.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Nothosaurus mirabilis Münster, 1834.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
D5249D48E1EC5D96B6373563ED9EB731.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Omphalosaurus nevadanus Merriam, 1906.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BA753DE301795FEEAFF9CE941F6539BB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from other ichthyopterygians in the following features: teeth forming irregular pavement; tooth crowns irregular in shape; and enamel surface with orange-peel-like pitting.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
2F946D1AD65C5F5AA4258EA9E6CA3A83.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Pachystropheus rhaeticus E. Huene, 1935.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B3DCE4C5BED658C28780BD90AEEBB644.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: dorsal neural spines nearly square-shaped in lateral view with crenulations extending dorsoventrally from transversely expanded tips; caudal vertebrae with elongate, slender, and vertically oriented neural spines; posterior process of interclavicle thin and elongate; humerus with relatively little torsion of articular ends; radius roughly dumbbell-shaped; and medial and lateral surfaces of the mid- and upper parts of the ilium strongly striated (Quinn et al. 2024).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
1A406B9AD1C15CFD88BE6584811478FA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Diagnosed by the following combination of features: skull proportionately small; parietal broad transversely, with distinct occipital flange and without parietal foramen; frontal narrow transversely; marginal teeth small, peg-like; diastema at contact between premaxilla and maxilla; parietal and squamosal framing much of supratemporal fenestra; jugal with long, slender anterior process and very short posterior process; infratemporal fenestra wide open ventrally; dorsal ribs anteroposteriorly broad, T-shaped in cross-section, and with distinct sculpturing of ridges and grooves on dorsal surface; gastralia paired, robust, with ridged external surfaces and frequently with spike-like lateral projections; apparently serial partial fusion of some gastralia; tail slender, comprising some 50 % of total length; scapula with tall, slender dorsal process and rounded ‘ acromial’ flange; humerus with two distal condyles for articulation with radius and ulna; ilium with long postacetabular and without preacetabular process; pubis with distinct lateral (pectineal) process; and femur with sigmoidal curvature (Schoch and Sues 2018 b).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
971B20919A5A5B90A0845493CBE5250A.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Pappochelys rosinae Schoch & Sues, 2015.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
782A50D45E1256879554C40264EB2F80.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following autapomorphies: stepped lateral rim of external narial fenestra strongly swollen and rugose at posterior end; anterior portions of nasals (immediately posterior to external nares) and anterior portions of frontals with paired depressions; foramen in ectopterygoid enlarged and subcircular; suborbital foramen long and boomerang-shaped; and postparietal foramen at junction between parietals and supraoccipital (Butler et al. 2014).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
7E2A453C73385E4FBB762FA2DFE22F4B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Parasuchus hislopi Lydekker, 1885.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
A69C9460AE3D542CA957CD2E58B4BD59.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following autapomorphies: deep notch between premaxilla and maxilla; supratemporal fenestra triangular and with rounded edges; nuchal osteoderms narrow transversely and oval, much smaller than those of first paramedian dorsal row; and paramedian osteoderms very wide transversely (Schoch and Desojo 2016).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
7C8850468B7D52D4962AB09B16BE3BB9.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Paratypothorax andressorum Long & Ballew, 1985.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B45526BEAEF9559DAADA53BD8A835B6B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Parvosaurus harudensis Freisem, Müller, Sues & Sobral, 2024.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
78FA3B9F0B0A5441A36768643CA66347.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: premaxilla with long ascending process reaching almost to a third of anteroposterior length of nasal; maxilla with long posterior process reaching up to middle of jugal body; dentary with prominent coronoid process; nasal rectangular in outline; postfrontal with well-developed posterior process extending beyond frontoparietal suture posteriorly; elongate parietal foramen bounded only by parietals; posterior border of parietals strongly embayed, with posterolateral processes enclosing angle of 110 °; posterior process of postorbital at least twice as long as ventral process; medial process of postorbital underlapping lateral process of postfrontal; parietal and postorbital forming most of margin of supratemporal fenestra; maxillary teeth small, pin-like anteriorly and taller and conical posteriorly; heights of posterior two maxillary teeth about one third heights of anterior teeth; and ectopterygoid articulating with jugal but not maxilla (Freisem et al. 2024)	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
2431889BFC3F53A1827A62C2611F8C12.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: most large and fully developed teeth with deep groove on roots; dental groove absent along entire tooth-bearing jaw margin; dentition homodont, with conical teeth; ventral margin of scapula straight; and metacarpal V larger than distal carpal 4 (Maisch and Matzke 2000; Liu et al. 2013). The cranium of Phalarodon atavus also has a particularly prominent sagittal crest (Motani 1999 b; Maisch and Matzke 2001; Fig. 9 B).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
57BAC509C7BF5F9A9090A9D22725E1F0.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Phalaradon fraasi Merriam, 1910.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
4456C1C824235363B312E91AB355ABBE.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
685D7940BAC75A749C82E0DBEF3D3669.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: basioccipital condyle saddle-shaped; paired postparietals dorsal to supraoccipital; retroarticular process slender; and centra of anterior vertebrae with ventral keels (McGowan and Motani 2003).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
ED6DCD73A6E8527790DEED6020BB65FD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of cranial features: maxillary tooth row not extending beyond posterior orbital margin; nasal splint-like; frontal participating in anterior margin of supratemporal fossa and in postorbital bar; frontals and parietals fused posteriorly; postorbital extending far posteriorly in supratemporal bar; and epipterygoid narrow dorsally (Rieppel 2000).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
60A4643B4D515BE082CFE76627813756.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Pistosaurus longaevus Meyer, 1839.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
8F41B6CE866B5930B9AFF5689F2FD810.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Placodus gigas Agassiz, 1833.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C8995A38E06859BB922C47058AC209AB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: Rostrum spatulate; three enlarged, strongly procumbent premaxillary teeth separated from maxillary teeth by diastema; three transversally expanded palatine tooth plates; nasals, frontals, and parietals fused in adults; jugal extending anteriorly beyond level of anterior orbital margin; prefrontal and postfrontal in contact dorsal to orbit; pterygoid restricted to posterior position on dermal palate; basioccipital tubera in complex ventral relation to dermal palate; ‘ alisphenoid bridge’ underlying olfactory tracts; coronoid process of dentary large; lateral exposure of coronoid bone restricted; mandibular symphysis elongate, formed by dentaries and splenials; neural arches of dorsal vertebrae with elongate transverse processes and hyposphene-hypantrum accessory articulations; neural canal high dorsoventrally and rectangular in cross-section; coracoid small; thyroid fenestra restricted; and humerus expanded distally, without entepicondylar foramen absent (Rieppel 1995).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
A0685C4E9E96532CA8DE5DFCC7609F3F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of the following features: external narial fenestra rounded; length of base of proximal caudal neural spines greater than half of length of neural arch; proximal width of metacarpal I less than 65 % of length; and distal ends of metacarpals II and III subrectangular in distal view (Schaeffer 2024).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
CAA5E068B9E255D7854D6BC487FB9E4E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: diapophysis of sacral vertebra 1 forming broad sheet with semicircular outline and narrow distal half on adjacent edge of first sacral rib; diapophysis of sacral 2 extending posterolaterally and tapering gradually; femur sigmoidal; and anterior caudal centra with subparallel articular surfaces rather than wedge-shaped (Galton 2001 b). However, Schaeffer (pers. comm.) has questioned the diagnostic value of these features.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
63992E3623C6593CA2B2156C6492848B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Plateosaurus trossingensis E. Fraas, 1913 (designated by ICZN, Opinion 2435, 2019).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
326C010CF7375589BF461ACDFA6F9688.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: presence of accessory lamina separating postzygapophysis from posterior ‘ chono’s (= postzygapophyseal centrodiapophyseal fossa); anterior caudal vertebrae with prezygodiapohyseal laminae; deltopectoral crest occupying 30 – 50 % of length of humerus; metacarpals II and III with deep distal extensor pits; ischial peduncle much shorter than pubic peduncle; posterolateral process of distal end of tibia flaring laterally and backing fibula; astragalus with convex posterior margin; and ungual phalanx of pedal digit I longer than all non-terminal phalanges but shorter than metatarsal I (Schaeffer 2024 a, b; Fig. 13 A, B).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
61F6A5F637F65E31AA609091C5A35DDB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: premaxilla with long, leaf-shaped posterodorsal process that is slightly longer than body of element and with deep lateral fossa anteroventral to external narial fenestra; five conical, gently recurved premaxillary teeth; mesial and distal carinae of labiolingually flattened maxillary and dentary tooth crowns with large, somewhat hook-shaped denticles aligned at distinct angle to apicobasal axis of tooth crown; and presence of ledge on medial surface of maxilla above interdental plates.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
767B8FC0661154A7BF6FB8A878AA1E38.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Polymorphodon adorfi Sues, Schoch, Sobral & Irmis, 2020.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
F5810343905758B093FFA3327852689E.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Polysphenodon muelleri Jaekel, 1911.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B8D11F82DD0D5C0597A0BEF5A9D10E3B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: antorbital portion of skull proportionately very short; supratemporal fenestra distinctly shorter than orbit; parietal table wider than interorbital distance; and teeth small, obtusely conical (Fraser and Benton 1989).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BC56A464311155E3895EF06FE02F4126.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Procompsognathus triassicus E. Fraas, 1913.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
3D65E7E63D84576789D54F1295624B59.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: sigmoidal trochanteric shelf (shared with Coelophysis bauri); preacetabular process of ilium deep dorsoventrally; prominent supraacetabular crest; and pubis flat anteroposteriorly and lacking distinct ‘ foot’ (Ostrom 1981; Sereno and Wild 1992).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
54C2D2251FEA570AAB65135CB7E10427.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Proganochelys quenstedtii Baur, 1887.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BD2D5AF99C5952B08E750C34B0B312A9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following autapomorphies: basioccipital with ventral tubercle; presence of tail club formed by fused caudal osteoderms; and phalangeal formulae for manus and pes 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 (Gaffney 1990; Fig. 14 B). Joyce (2017) listed various features distinguishing Proganochelys quenstedtii from other known stem-turtles.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
42A36D3E892B5EFA9FB613F4DCA1601A.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Proterochersis robusta E. Fraas, 1913 a.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
297157E5C33C55B7B889FD730307D361.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from Proterochersis robusta and P. porebensis (from the Keuper of Poland) by the following features: absence of supernumerary anterior marginals; presence of serrated anterior marginals; narrow dorsal contact between cervical and marginal I; anteromedially extending lateral sulcus of vertebral I; distinctly thickened bone near posterior margins of vertebrals II – IV; and cervical VIII not co-ossified with carapace (Szczygielski and Sulej 2016; Joyce 2017).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
CB124678825F5DB9B8B8C102D6B56390.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from Proterochersis limendorsa by the following features: absence of serrated marginals; presence of supernumerary anterior marginals; broad contact of cervical with adjacent marginals; transversely extending lateral sulcus of vertebral I; evenly thin carapacial bones; and immobile cervical VIII (Szczygielski and Sulej 2016; Fig. 14 A).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
A3870026AE765A5FA898409E3D55F89C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features of the dermal armor: Carapace with three longitudinal ridges, one dorsomedial and two dorsolateral ones, which are composed of enlarged and distinctly keeled or tubercle-like osteoderms (Rieppel 2002 a).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
1BA559340DA052A2A876DB40B5F89147.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Psephoderma alpinum Meyer, 1858.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B2047630709F5839B18DD78E1B44952C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Psephosaurus suevicus E. Fraas, 1896.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
8571FEB06E13512CB74F308FE99B2CAE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: carapace comprising large, irregular, and polygonal or rounded osteoderms that are separated by smaller, mostly pentagonal or hexagonal osteoderms (Rieppel 2002 a).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
77D0782DF9305A4FAFC82CEE0D0758E5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: Maxilla with tall, nearly vertical dorsal process; two or three in labial / lingual view more or less triangular teeth in each maxilla and dentary; tooth crowns tapering toward apex, with distal ‘ bulge’ near base and mesial portion slightly overlapping preceding crown mesiolingually; long axes of tooth crowns aligned mesiolingually; and enamel of apical portion of tooth crown bearing apicobasal striations labially and lingually. Differs from Colognathus obscurus in absence of large, mesiodistally elongate molariform posterior tooth (Sues et al. 2022).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
77AF0CAC1C1B5335BEF2F296D5B98852.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Quasicolognathus eothen Sues, Kligman & Schoch, 2022.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C5E852D3985257A89446A5201A9CB43C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by two autapomorphies: V-shaped neurocentral sutures on anterior and middle cervical vertebrae with sides of ‘ V’ ventrally concave and tip of ‘ V’ close to ventral margin of centrum; ulna and radius and tibia and fibula greatly foreshortened, with humerus / radius length ratio of 3.8 and femur / tibia length ratio of 4.3 (Wintrich et al. 2017 a).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
52E6D2A97D07518A9AF5C1CA2D618CBC.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Rhaeticosaurus mertensi Wintrich, Hayashi, Houssaye, Nakajima & Sander, 2017.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
AE14E830B31A58B79DC25C30C6F64C2E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: presence of accessory lamina separating chonos from postzygapophysis; mid-dorsal neural spines higher than length of base but less than 1.5 times length of base; transverse width of first distal carpal greater than 120 % of transverse width of second distal carpal; presence of sulcus across medial end of first distal carpal; absence of well-developed brevis fossa with sharp margins on ventral surface of postacetabular process of ilium; minimum transverse width of pubic apron less than 40 % of width across iliac peduncles of ilium; femur in lateral view with longitudinal axis that is weakly bent with offset of less than 10 °; anterior trochanter positioned level with femoral head; fourth trochanter symmetrical with sharp proximal and distal corners; posteromedial margin of subrectangular astragalus forming moderately sharp corner; and astragalus with dorsally facing horizontal shelf forming part of fibular facet (Schaeffer 2024).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
CFDDE732A641526CA64C72AA2CBF4C14.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Ruehleia bedheimensis Galton, 2001 a.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
54E78199C1CF5DADB4B8178B646B81EA.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Rutiotomodon tytthos Sues & Schoch, 2023.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
9A09620E46E859F69C6759E3A5BF74FB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: maxillary and dentary teeth with large labial and small lingual cusp linked by labiolingually extending occlusal ridge and by mesial and distal cingula; mesial and distal surfaces of labial cusp each bearing three prominent apicobasal ridges (‘ arrises’); and mandibular symphysis anteroposteriorly wide, edentulous, with thin lateral and anterior edges (Sues and Schoch 2023).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
1B78C24A101B5D8D90302E0CA58A2BEC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Diagnosed by the following autapomorphies: antorbital fossa approximately half size of orbit; oval fossa on ventral surface of palatine outlined by radially striated surface medially; and lateral side of proximal head of tibia notched (Spiekman 2023). Spiekman (2023) listed additional features to distinguish Saltoposuchus connectens from other early-diverging crocodylomorphs.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C4D05BDF82535C82B224CCB71D598104.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Saltoposuchus connectens F. Huene, 1921 b.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
591C0789CAFF5A64AC864F0B074C6B0C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following features: long, posterolaterally projecting spike on pedicle formed by supratemporal; quadratojugal with pair of dorsoventrally flattened spines and additional spine posteroventral to paired spines; crowns of posterior dentary teeth aligned mesiolingually, slightly overlapping each other; narrow band of dermal armor comprising two or three rows of osteoderms extending on either side of body midline; osteoderms with external sculpturing composed of irregular pits; distal end of femur with intercondylar canal; and robust astragalocalcaneum (Sues and Reisz 2008).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
F47F47247B8559BCB2051FED65222E3F.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Sclerosaurus armatus Meyer in Fischer, 1857.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
F7236A24DC795A8E889CCB26DD115F52.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: skull brevirostrine (Fig. 7 A, B); snout without constriction; tooth crowns broad and blunt, distinctly set off from tooth bases; enamel distinctly striated; supratemporal fossae much large than orbits; parietal foramen displaced posteriorly; craniomandibular joints well behind occipital condyle; occiput deeply excavated; squamosal with distinct lateral process; vertebrae platycoelous, each with infraprezygapophyses and infrapostzygapophyses in addition to zygosphene and zygantrum; clavicle with short anterolateral process; humerus lacking entepicondylar foramen; and ulna with broad proximal end (Rieppel 1994; Fig. 7 A, B).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
39EAFE77D06E52799C0F046F664A7D8B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Simosaurus gaillardoti Meyer, 1842 a.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
FA962C92A51E56DD91196C21311BCFF6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: dentary robust, forming ventral keel of mid-portion of lower jaw; teeth closely spaced, non-labyrinthodontine; chisel-like apices of tooth crowns extending distolingually and contacting successive tooth crowns; apices of tooth crowns with fine apicobasal striations labially and lingually; tooth crowns with apical chisel edge and distal carina but without mesial carina; and Meckelian canal open posteriorly but enclosed by dentary further anteriorly (Sobral et al. 2021).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
FF06EA82AE0358D690DFEFA0A656814B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Stauromatodon mohli Sobral, Sues & Schoch, 2021	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
EAB31C12F66C5A469FEF40A1147DFC76.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by length of cervical centra less than three times minimum height (Fraser and Rieppel 2006).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
E7C0B4B242325475BF8490FB991EA078.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: Neural spines of most vertebrae distally expanded, rugose, and bulbous and broad, extremely thin scapula with considerable posterior expansion (Rytel 2025). Spiekman and Scheyer (2019) considered Tanystropheus conspicuus a nomen dubium because its hypodigm does not present diagnostic features that would distinguish it from other species of Tanystropheus. Based in part on new material from Poland, however, Rytel (2025) confirmed the validity of this taxon.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C0B04CD66B355256B3D6B1B057A26D80.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Tanystropheus conspicuus Meyer, 1852.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C931098A9E985520B7996164E03AF07B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Teratosaurus suevicus Meyer, 1861.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
51252B994BFD58A5989BFA2D871C2CEF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by a single autapomorphy: prominent groove for dental lamina on medial surface of maxilla, below which distinctive step separates medial surface of main body from interdental plates (Brusatte et al. 2009).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
790DC30280745A74ADCDFEFE6D509A53.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Termatosaurus albertii Plieninger in Meyer & Plieninger, 1844. Plieninger (in Meyer and Plieninger 1844) described isolated tooth crowns from bonebeds in the Rhätsandstein at Stuttgart-Degerloch and other localities such as Bebenhausen near Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg. He identified them as representing a new taxon, Termatosaurus albertii. Quenstedt (1858) distinguished two dental morphotypes of this ‘ species, ’ one with a round cross-section and lacking apicobasal ridges and the other with more slender crowns bearing distinct apicobasal ridges. He noted that the latter resembled teeth of “ Dracosaurus ” (= Nothosaurus). Based on teeth from the Rhaetian of Steinenbronn, Böblingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Quenstedt (1858) named a second species, Termatosaurus crocodilinus, which he distinguished from T. albertii by the possession of blunt tooth crowns with two carinae and typically worn apices. Endlich (1870) illustrated tooth crowns of both ‘ species’ of Termatosaurus. E. Fraas (1896) assigned both ‘ species’ of Termatosaurus to the phytosaur Mystriosuchus. Isolated tooth crowns of both ‘ species’ assigned to Termatosaurus are not uncommon in bonebeds in the Rhätsandstein of Baden-Württemberg. They resemble those of various sauropterygians, especially plesiosaurs. F. Huene (1902) even synonymized Termatosaurus with Plesiosaurus. These teeth possibly belong to the same taxon or taxa as isolated vertebral centra from the Rhaetian bonebeds that share with those of plesiosaurs the presence of a pair of symmetrically positioned vascular foramina on their ventral surfaces (Endlich 1870; F. Huene 1902).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
CBDEB4809E33500A80B10C7825D66585.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Tholodus schmidi Meyer, 1848	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
025657D8EBB35439BD5570732D712051.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: multiple tooth rows; posterior tooth crowns massive, rounded, labiolingually compressed; enamel with pronounced apicobasal wrinkles; bases of tooth crowns constricted; and tooth roots long and straight, with plicidentine (McGowan and Motani 2003).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
BB6A86C91D38589C9ECE9C2023D21B6F.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Thuringopelta werneburgi Sues & Schoch, 2025.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
B2556E3EF67F56FE88F7DF72D9057190.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: osteoderms thin (2 – 4 mm) and flexed transversely to various degrees; anterior articular lamina not separated by groove from ornamented portion of dorsal surface of dorsal flange; dorsal eminence low, often poorly delineated in dorsal view, terminating posteriorly in tubercle on lateral osteoderms; and lateral osteoderms with small posterolateral flange.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
DA92D1D35DAE50C4BA2E112C06F5C039.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Trachelosaurus fischeri Broili in Fischer & Broili, 1918.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
3BD93D7FDB455824A2C19E6546391090.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: presacral column comprising at least 21 cervical and 27 dorsal vertebrae; cervical and dorsal neural spines transversely expanded at their distal ends with strongly developed rugosities; cervical ribs with short bifurcating shafts, at most barely extending beyond corresponding vertebra; transverse processes of anterior to mid-dorsal vertebrae wide and ‘ wing-like’; torso barrel-shaped, formed by broadly rounded, almost uniformly holocephalous dorsal ribs; ilium lacking preacetabular process; and femur stocky, without curved shaft (Spiekman et al. 2024).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
2357BB178F8B50A5B30BF0BB46986922.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: frontal with distinct anterolateral and large posterolateral process; prefrontal dorsoventrally deep and not expanded; and symphyseal portion of hemimandible strongly turned medially (based on Sobral et al. 2020).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
C5FD5DBB9C725CE9A644E33BB0F5700A.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Vellbergia bartholomaei Sobral, Simões & Schoch, 2020.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
F5A041386ECC586398689B019DC3A877.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: premaxilla with four teeth, decreasing in size from first to fourth; jugal with tiny, spur-like posterior process; lateral surface of dentary strongly convex dorsoventrally for much of bone, forming distinct longitudinal ridge in larger specimens; coronoid eminence of dentary low, roughly rectangular, and with dorsoventrally concave lateral surface in larger specimens; dentition comprising pleurodont anterior and acrodont posterior teeth; and posterior (= additional) teeth with (in labial / lingual view) triangular, at mid-crown level labiolingually slightly flattened crowns, and with oval bases (Sues and Schoch 2024).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
39DE78E644E95F049FD70BAB361D20E2.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Wirtembergia hauboldae Sues & Schoch, 2024.	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
8C7AA9E3CF9E5A9CA5CFBE3704FE9F2D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of features: tooth crowns weakly recurved, oval in cross-section, and lacking carinae; and interdental plates absent (Schoch 2011).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
E010B59165115F62BD7452A2008E8E4A.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Zanclodon laevis (Plieninger, 1847 a).	en	Sues, Hans-Dieter, Schoch, Rainer R. (2025): Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28 (2): 411-483, DOI: 10.3897/fr.28.164405
