Dactylosaurus
Sign in to saveDactylosaurus is a genus of nothosaur in the family Pachypleurosauridae. Along with Anarosaurus, Dactylosaurus was one of the earliest known pachypleurosaurs to come from Europe.
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It is catalogued under topics including Anisian life, Early Triassic reptiles of Europe and Fossil taxa described in 1884.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Pachypleurosauridae
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- taxon name
- Dactylosaurus
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- genus
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- Etymology
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- ''D. gracilis''
- Distribution
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Dactylosaurus is a genus of nothosaur in the family Pachypleurosauridae. Along with Anarosaurus, Dactylosaurus was one of the earliest known pachypleurosaurs to come from Europe.
==Etymology== Dactylosaurus comes from the Greek ' (), "finger" and ' (), meaning "lizard" or "reptile."
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