Oenosaurus Temporal range:
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Holotype skull in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
Family: | †Sapheosauridae |
Genus: | †Oenosaurus Rauhut et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Oenosaurus muehlheimensis Rauhut et al., 2012
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Oenosaurus is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) aged Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.[1]
The genus is known from a partial skull preserved in ventral view. The teeth in the upper and lower jaws were fused into tooth plates.[1]
It is likely that Oenosaurus led a durophagous lifestyle as indicated by the broad tooth plates.[1] It is unknown if this animal was aquatic or terrestrial.
It is currently considered to be a sapheosaur.[2]
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