Merkurosaurus is an extinct genus of lizards from the Shinisauria that is known from the Late Oligocene of Germany, collected in 1999,[1] and the Early Miocene Most Formation of the Czech Republic (west Bohemia) and the Wiesbaden Formation Germany of (Amöneburg).[2] A single species, Merkurosaurus ornatus, is known and was named and described by Jozef Klembara in 2008 based on the holotype Pb 02045 and other referred specimens.[2] It was initially only known from deposits in the Czech Republic but remains found in Germany were eventually attributed to the genus in 2015.[3]
| Merkurosaurus Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene,
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Genus: | †Merkurosaurus Klembara, 2008 |
| Species: | †M. ornatus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Merkurosaurus ornatus Klembara, 2008
| |
References
edit- ^ B. Engesser and G. Storch. (2008). Latest Oligocene Didelphimorpha, Lipotyphla, Rodentia and Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from Oberleichtersbach, Rhön Mountains, Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260:185-251
- ^ a b Klembara, J. (2008). "A New Anguimorph Lizard from the Lower Miocene of North-West Bohemia, Czech Republic". Palaeontology. 51 (1): 81–94. Bibcode:2008Palgy..51...81K. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00732.x.
- ^ A. Cernansky, J. C. Rage, and J. Klembara. (2015). The Early Miocene squamates of Amöneburg (Germany): the first stages of modern squamates in Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(2):97-128
 | This article about a prehistoric lizard is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |