Palaeosaurus subcylindrodon Huene 1905 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Phytosauria

Alternative combination: Zanclodon subcylindrodon

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas [European Triassic dinosaurs]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349

Belongs to Palaeosaurus according to O. Kuhn 1939

See also Huene 1905, Huene 1908, Huene 1914, Kuhn 1971, Schmidt 1938 and Steel 1970

Sister taxa: Palaeosaurus carolinensis, Palaeosaurus cylindrodon, Palaeosaurus priscus, Palaeosaurus sulcatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Feuerbacher Heide, which is in a Carnian channel sandstone/sandstone in the Stuttgart Formation of Germany

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Feuerbacher Heide

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