Oenosaurus
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| Oenosaurus Temporal range:
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| Holotype skull in multiple views | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
| 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]
Description
[edit | edit source]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]
Diet and lifestyle
[edit | edit source]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.
Phylogeny
[edit | edit source]It is currently considered to be a sapheosaur.[2]
References
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