Bavarisaurus

Bavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal squamate found in the Altmühltal Formation near Bavaria, Germany.^[1] It is the only genus in the family Bavarisauridae.

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

Discovery and naming

The holotype is BSPHM 1873 III^[2] and part of the holotype is now lost.^[1] A second specimen has also been tentatively assigned to B. macrospondylus by Ostrom (1978).^[3]

A fossil skeleton found in the stomach region of a Compsognathus, a small theropod dinosaur,^[4] was originally assigned to the genus by Ostrom (1978),^[3] but was renamed to Schoenesmahl by Conrad (2018).^[5]

Classification

It is the only genus in the Bavarisauridae family.^[3][5]