Anarosaurus heterodontus Rieppel & Lin, 1995

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.17823917

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scientific name

Anarosaurus heterodontus Rieppel & Lin, 1995
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Anarosaurus heterodontus Rieppel & Lin, 1995

Holotype.

MLU. GeoS. 6236, right dentary.

Type locality.

Freyburg an der Unstrut, Burgenlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt.

Type horizon.

Schaumkalkbank Subformation, Jena Formation, Lower Muschelkalk Subgroup. Age: Middle Triassic (Anisian: Illyrian).

Referred material (from Germany).

MLU. GeoS. 6237, left premaxilla from type locality.

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).

References.

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