Sapheosaurus
| Sapheosaurus Late JurassicKimmeridgian [1] | |
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Sapheosaurus (also known as Piocormus[3]) was a sphenodontid of the suborder Homoeosauria, although its skull was longer and narrower than that of Homoeosaurus.[3] It was classified as a genus of sapheosaurid by Michael Benton in 1985.[2] It reached a length of 70 cm from snout to tail.[4] It is believed Sapheosaurus was one of two aquatic sphenodons,with Pleurosaurus being the other.[5]
Species
Sapheosaurus laticeps differed from Sapheosaurus thiollierei by its smaller size and more vertebrae. S. thiollierei had 22 back and neck vertebrae, while S. laticeps had 26. Also, the two differ in relative limb length. S. laticeps lived in France and Germany.[3]
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- ↑ BOULENGER, G. (1919). Sur le genre Sapheosaurus, Rhynchocephalien du Kiméridgien de Cerin. CR Acad. Sci. Paris, 605-607.
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