Bavarisaurus
Sign in to saveBavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal squamate found in the Altmühltal Formation near Bavaria, Germany. It is the only genus in the family Bavarisauridae.
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Bavarisaurus ('Bavarian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal squamate found in the Altmühltal Formation near Bavaria, Germany. It is the only genus in the family Bavarisauridae.
== Discovery and naming == The holotype is BSPHM 1873 III and part of the holotype is now lost. A second specimen has also been tentatively assigned to B. macrospondylus by Ostrom (1978).
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