Homoeosaurus
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Homoeosaurus is an extinct genus of rhynchocephalian reptile, known from the Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous of Europe, with specimens being reported from France (Canjuers Lagerstatte), England (Purbeck Group) and Germany (Solnhofen Limestone). Several species have been described within the genus, based on varying proportions of the limb bones to the body length based on the presacral vertebrae. Specimen C.M.6438 of H. maximiliani from Germany has a total length of around Script error: No such module "convert"., with a skull length of about Script error: No such module "convert".. In comparison to other rhynchocephalians, the limbs are proportionally long.[1] Recent studies have classified Homoeosaurus as a member of Neosphenodontia, with some studies including it as part of the clade Leptorhynchia, also including sapheosaurs, pleurosaurs, Kallimodon and Vadasaurus.[2] Despite being found in aquatic deposits, it is suggested to have been terrestrial.[3] It is thought to have been a carnivore/insectivore.[4] One specimen was found as stomach contents of the fish Belonostomus.[5]
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- ↑ Wu X-C. The comparative anatomy and systematics of Mesozoic sphenodontians. Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University. 1991. p. 84-113.
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