†Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis Hoffstetter 1967 (squamates)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Dorsetisauridae
Synonym: Introrsisaurus pollicidens Seiffert 1975
Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1967. Coup d'oeil sur les Sauriens (lacertiliens) des couches de Purbeck (Jurassique supérieur d'Angleterre Résumé d'un Mémoire). Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 163:349-371
Belongs to Dorsetisaurus according to R. Estes 1983
See also Hoffstetter 1967 and Seiffert 1975
Sister taxon: Dorsetisaurus hebetidens
Type specimens:
- Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis: BMNH R8129, a partial skeleton (association of occipito-otic capsule, maxillae, pterygoids, palatines, premaxillae, prefrontal, nasal, frontal and parietal imprints, columella,partial mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Introrsisaurus pollicidens: Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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