Janosikia ulmensis
Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Gallotiinae
Genus: †Janosikia
Species: †Janosikia ulmensis
Name
Janosikia ulmensis (Gerhardt, 1903)
- Holotype: SMNS 96582, well-preserved adult individual, consisting of premaxilla, maxilla, left nasal, prefrontal, palpebral, frontal, parietal, supratemporal, squamosal, pterygoid, mandible (dentary, coronoid, angular, surangular), supraocular osteoderm, interclavicle, humerus, zeugopodium, phalanx, vertebrae, and ribs.
- Type locality and horizon: north-west of Ulm, Germany. The fossils derive from white or grey calcareous marls of the of the Lower Freshwater Molasse, dated to the middle Agenian (MN 2a), lower Miocene.
Combinations
- Ophisaurus ulmensis Gerhardt, 1903: 5 [original combination]
- Janosikia ulmensis — Čerňanský, Klembara & Smith, 2016: 864 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Gerhardt, K. 1903. Ophisaurus ulmensis n. sp. aus dem Untermiozän von Ulm a. D Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 59: 67–71.
- Čerňanský, A., Klembara, J. & Smith, K.T. 2016. Fossil lizard from central Europe resolves the origin of large body size and herbivory in giant Canary Island lacertids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(4): 861–877. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12340
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