Avicranium renestoi Pritchard and Nesbitt 2017 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Diapsida - Drepanosauridae

Full reference: A. C. Pritchard and S. J. Nesbitt. 2017. A bird-like skull in a Triassic diapsid reptile increases heterogeneity of the morphological and phylogenetic radiation of Diapsida. Royal Society Open Science 4:170499

Belongs to Avicranium according to A. C. Pritchard and S. J. Nesbitt 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH FARB 30834, a partial skeleton (Partial skull and articulated cervical series). Its type locality is Ghost Ranch Quarry, which is in a Rhaetian crevasse splay siltstone/conglomerate in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Ghost Ranch Quarry

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