Extinct genus of reptiles
Glaphyrorhynchus
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Glaphyrorhynchus
von Meyer, 1842
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- G. aalensis von Meyer, 1842 (type)
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Glaphyrorhynchus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid thalattosuchian from the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) of southern Germany.
Taxonomy and provenance
Glaphyrorhynchus is known only from a jaw fragment found in the late Aalenian of Aalen, Germany.[1] The holotype is lost, so the validity of the taxon remains unclear.[2]
References
- ^ Von Meyer, H. (1842) Glaphyrorhynchus Aalensis im Untereisenoolith und Brachytaenius perennis im gelben Jurakalk Württembergs. In Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde (pp. 301-304). E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Stuttgart.
- ^ Abel, P., Sachs, S. & Young, M. T. (2018) Thalattosuchian remains from the late Aalenian Eisensandstein Formation of Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. Geobonn 2018, Abstracts: 223.
