Bavarisaurus

Bavarisaurus; Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	†Bavarisauridae
Genus:	†Bavarisaurus
Species:	†B. macrodactylus
Binomial name
	†Bavarisaurus macrodactylus; Hoffstetter, 1953
Synonyms
	"Bavariasaurus" (sic); Homoeosaurus macrodactylus Wagner, 1854;

Bavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal lizard found in the Solnhofen limestone near Bavaria, Germany.^[1] A fossil skeleton found in the stomach region of a Compsognathus, a small theropod dinosaur,^[2] was originally assigned to the genus, but was renamed to Schoenesmahl in 2017.^[3]

The holotype is BSPHM 1873 III. Part of the holotype is now lost.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Bavarisaurus at Fossilworks.org
^ Nopcsa, F. (1903). "Neues ueber Compsognathus". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. 16: 476–494.
^ Conrad, J.L. (2017). "A new lizard (Squamata) was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183 (3): 584–634. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx055.

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