Macrocnemus

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Macrocnemus
Fossil range: Middle Triassic
Life restoration of Macrocnemus basanii
Life restoration of Macrocnemus basanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Order: Prolacertiformes
Family: Prolacertidae
Genus: Macrocnemus
Nopcsa, 1931
Species
  • M. basanii

Macrocnemus is an extinct genus of prolacertiform reptile from the Middle Triassic of Europe.

[edit] Sources

  • Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
  • The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian