Piocormus laticeps Wagner 1852 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae

Alternative combination: Sapheosaurus laticeps

Belongs to Piocormus according to M. Cocude-Michel 1963

See also Fabre 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Fig 42, pl. V; lost, but there is a cast at MNHN (nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry (micronatum biozone), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal lime mudstone/mudstone in France.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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