Glaurung is an extinct genus of weigeltisaurid reptile from the Upper Permian of Germany. The only known species is Glaurung schneideri. Originally considered...
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portal Dinosaurs portal This list of fossil reptiles described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2015...
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Captorhinidae (redirect from Root reptile)
Captorhinidae is an extinct family of tetrapods, typically considered primitive reptiles, known from the late Carboniferous to the Late Permian. They had a cosmopolitan...
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Sauropsida (category Reptiles)
main groups of "reptiles": Eureptilia ("true reptiles") and Parareptilia ("next to reptiles"). Eureptilia encompasses all living reptiles (including birds)...
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Weigeltisauridae (category Prehistoric reptile families)
Kupferschiefer, Germany, Marl Slate, England Rautiania Vyasovka Formation, Russia Glaurung Kupferschiefer, Germany Wapitisaurus from the Early Triassic of North America...
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Eudibamus (category Prehistoric reptile genera)
Eudibamus is an extinct genus of biped bolosaurid reptile known from the Free State of Thuringia of central Germany. It had a very small size reaching...
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Protorosaurus (category Prehistoric reptile genera)
Kupfershiefer and lower Zechstein include the gliding weigeltisaurid reptiles Weigeltisaurus and Glaurung, the pareiasaur Parasaurus, the cynodont Procynosuchus, and...
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Euryapsida (category Prehistoric reptile taxonomy)
protorosaurs, araeoscelidans and pleurosaurs. Historically, a variety of reptiles with upper fenestrae, either alone or with a lower emargination, have been...
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Coelurosauravus (category Prehistoric reptile genera)
than spikes, are present on the parietal bone, which is also shared with Glaurung. The teeth are simple and conical in shape and packed into a dense row...
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Hypuronector (category Prehistoric reptile genera)
Hypuronector is a genus of extinct drepanosaur reptile from the Late Triassic Lockatong Formation of New Jersey. The etymology of the name translates...
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