Temporal range: Late Paleocene - Early Miocene 61–20 Ma
PreꞒ
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O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
(Possible Late Miocene record)
Reconstruction of Lazarussuchus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
†Choristodera
Genus:
†Lazarussuchus Hecht, 1992
Type species
†Lazarussuchus inexpectatus
Hecht, 1992
Other species
†L. dvoraki Evans and Klembara, 2005
Lazarussuchus (meaning "Lazarus's crocodile") is an extinct genus of amphibious reptile, known from the Cenozoic of Europe. It is the youngest known member of Choristodera, an extinct order of aquatic reptiles that first appeared in the Middle Jurassic. Fossils have been found in Late Paleocene, Late Oligocene, Early Miocene and possibly Late Miocene deposits (~56-20 or possibly 11.6 million years ago) in France, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Two species have been named: the type species L. inexpectatus ("unexpected") (Hecht, 1992) from the late Oligocene of France.[1] and L. dvoraki from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic.[2] It was not a large animal; with the total preserved body and tail length of L. inexpectatus being just over 30 centimetres.[1] A complete specimen of Lazarussuchus with preserved soft tissue was found from the Late Paleocene of France, but has not been assigned to a species.[3]
^ abHecht, M.K. (1992). "A new choristodere (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Oligocene of France: an example of the Lazarus effect". Geobios. 25 (1): 115–131. Bibcode:1992Geobi..25..115H. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(09)90041-9.
^Evans, Susan E.; Klembara, Jozef (2005). "A choristoderan reptile (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Miocene of northwest Bohemia (Czech Republic)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 171–184. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0171:ACRRDF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 84097919.
^Matsumoto, R.; Buffetaut, E.; Escuillie, F.; Hervet, S.; Evans, S. E. (2013). "New material of the choristodere Lazarussuchus (Diapsida, Choristodera) from the Paleocene of France". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (2): 319. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33..319M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.716274. S2CID 129438118.
Lazarussuchus (meaning "Lazarus's crocodile") is an extinct genus of amphibious reptile, known from the Cenozoic of Europe. It is the youngest known member...
reappear in the form of the lizard-like Lazarussuchus from the late Paleocene of France. The European endemic Lazarussuchus is the last known choristodere, surviving...
survived the extinction, with last members of the latter, the lizard-like Lazarussuchus, becoming extinct in the Miocene. Of the great host of dinosaurs dominating...
Jurassic, are known from the Miocene of Europe, belonging to the genus Lazarussuchus, which had been the only known surviving genus of the group since the...
non-neochoristoderan Lazarussuchus around 44 centimetres in length. The last known choristoderes, belonging to the genus Lazarussuchus, are known from the...
close relationship was found between Monjurosuchus and the Miocene Lazarussuchus, but this was only weakly supported. Phylogeny from the analysis of...
standard in most reptile groups, almost all other choristoderes (except Lazarussuchus) typically have one single hole in the skull for the nostrils, making...
sockets are large and spaced close together, similar to Monjurosuchus and Lazarussuchus. Philydrosaurus is considered more basal than these choristoderes because...
including the primate Plesiadapis insignis, the choristodere reptile Lazarussuchus, and birds, including members of Halcyornithidae and Messelasturidae...
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