Ebrachosaurus Explained

Ebrachosaurus is an extinct genus of aetosaur.^[1] It was named after the town of Ebrach, Germany, near an outcrop of the Blasensandstein Formation where the original fossils have been found.^[2] Other Blasensandstein fauna include the temnospondyl Metoposaurus and the phytosaur Francosuchus.^[3] The genus has often been considered synonymous with the closely related Stagonolepis.^{[4] [5] [6]} The holotype specimen was lost during World War II,^[7] so its relationships within Stagonolepididae remain indeterminant.^[8]

External links

• Ebrachosaurus in the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Carroll, R.L. (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. WH Freeman and Company, New York
2. Kuhn . O. . 1936 . Weitere Parasuchier und Labyrinthodonten aus dem Blasensandstein des mittleren Keuper von Ebrach . Palaeontographica . 83 . 61–98 .
3. 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.04.002 . Langer . M. C. . 2005 . Studies on continental Late Triassic tetrapod biochronology. II. The Ischigualastian and a Carnian global correlation . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 19 . 2. 219–239 . 2005JSAES..19..219L .
4. Benton . M.J. . Walker . A.D. . 1985 . Palaeoecology, taphonomy, and dating of Permo-Triassic reptiles from Elgin, north-east Scotland . . 28 . 207–234 .
5. 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011122 . Heckert . A. B. . Lucas . S. G. . 1999 . A new aetosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Texas and the phylogeny of aetosaurs . . 19 . 1. 50–68 . 10.1.1.563.9516 .
6. Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G. (2000). Taxonomy, phylogeny, biostratigraphy, biochronology, paleobiogeography, and evolution of the Late Triassic Aetosauria (Archosauria:Crurotarsi). Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie Teil I 1998 Heft 11-12, p. 1539-1587.
7. Lucas . S. G. . 2007 . Global Triassic tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology: 2007 status . New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin . 41 . 229–240 .
8. Parker, W. G. (2003). Description of a new specimen of Desmatosuchus haplocerus from the Late Triassic of Northern Arizona. Unpublished MS thesis. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. 315 pp. http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/nm/Parker2003-thesis-chapter8.pdf