Ardeosaurus digitatellus Grier 1914 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Alternative combinations: Eichstaettisaurus digitatellus, Homeosaurus digitatellus

Full reference: N. M. Grier. 1914. A new rhynchocephalian from the Jura of Solenhofen. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 9:86-91

Belongs to Ardeosaurus according to R. Estes 1983

See also Grier 1914 and Hoffstetter 1964

Sister taxon: Ardeosaurus brevipes

Type specimen: CM 4026, a skeleton (partial skeleton including skull and parts of the postcranium preserved in dorsal view). Its type locality is Wintershof Quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen, which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wintershof Quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen

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