Eudibamus

Eudibamus Temporal range: Early Permian, 284–279.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of Eudibamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Procolophonomorpha
Family:	†Bolosauridae
Genus:	†Eudibamus Berman et al., 2000
Type species
†Eudibamus cursoris Berman et al., 2000

Eudibamus is an extinct genus of biped bolosaurid ankyramorph parareptile known from the Free State of Thuringia of central Germany.^[1] It had a very small size reaching only 25 cm in length.^[2]

Discovery

Eudibamus is known only from the holotype MNG 8852, an articulated and almost complete cranial and postcranial skeleton. It was collected from the uppermost part of the Tambach Formation, dating to the Artinskian stage of the Late Cisuralian Series (or alternatively upper Rotliegend), about 284-279.5 million years ago. It was found in the lowermost formational unit of the Upper Rotliegend Group or Series of the Bromacker Quarry, the middle part of the Thuringian Forest, near the village of Tambach-Dietharz. Eudibamus is claimed to be the first bipedal vertebrate.^[1]

Etymology

Eudibamus was first named by David S. Berman, Robert R. Reisz, Diane Scott, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida and Thomas Martens in 2000 and the type species is Eudibamus cursoris. The specific name is derived from the Latin word "cursor," for "runner".^[1]

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