Elessaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elessaurus is an extinct genus of archosauromorph from the Early Triassic of Brazil. It contains a single species, Elessaurus gondwanoccidens. It possessed a variety of features common to basal archosauromorphs, particularly basal tanystropheids such as Macrocnemus. However, it is uncertain whether Elessaurus was a particularly close relative of tanystropheids, and it might instead be closer to other major archosauromorph clades. The genus name refers to "Elessar", an alternate name of the character Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.[1]
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Elessaurus | |
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The holotype specimen, UFSM 11471 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Genus: | †Elessaurus De-Oliveira et al., 2020 |
Type species | |
†Elessaurus gondwanoccidens De-Oliveira et al., 2020 |
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