Eichstaettisaurus schroederi Broili 1938 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata

Alternative combinations: Ardeosaurus schroederi, Broilisaurus schroederi

Belongs to Eichstaettisaurus according to S. E. Evans et al. 2004

See also Cocude-Michel 1963 and Hoffstetter 1964

Sister taxon: Eichstaettisaurus gouldi

Type specimen: BSPHM 1937 I 1 a and b, a skeleton (a complete skeleton in dorsal view (part and counterpart)). 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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