Bavarisaurus
Bavarisaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Bavarisauridae |
Genus: | Bavarisaurus |
Bavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal lizard found in the Solnhofen limestone near Bavaria, Germany. It is best known from a fossil skeleton found in the stomach region of a Compsognathus, a small theropod dinosaur. Media related to Bavarisaurus at Wikimedia Commons