- this
specimen was not
Protorosaurus, and it was
subsequently placed in the new
genus Adelosaurus. In 1993, a
specimen of
Protorosaurus was
described from...
- branch-based
total group clade containing Protorosaurus and all
other saurians that are more
closely related to
Protorosaurus than to Lepidosauria. Gauthier, as...
-
Lambe (1914)
erected Protorosaurus ("before Torosaurus"), but that name was
preoccupied by the
Permian reptile Protorosaurus, so he
subsequently created...
- that
includes Protorosaurus,
Drepanosauridae (and relatives) and
Tanystropheidae (and relatives). However, some
analysis found Protorosaurus (and sometimes...
- Pamelaria, Prolacerta, and
various other Permo-Tri****ic
reptiles such as
Protorosaurus and
Tanystropheus have
often been
placed in a
group of archosauromorphs...
- does have more
vertebrae in its neck than
typical archosauromorphs.
Protorosaurus, for example, has only
seven cervicals,
while Macrocnemus and Prolacerta...
-
originally defined, the
Protorosauria referred to the
group containing Protorosaurus and Prolacerta, and
included the "Prolacertiformes" as a subdivision...
-
Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, and
Trachelosaurus fischeri than to
Protorosaurus speneri,
Prolacerta broomi,
Mesosuchus browni,
Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis...
- are a
subgroup of archosauromorphs. Both the
oldest archosauromorph (
Protorosaurus speneri) and the
oldest archosauriform (Archosaurus rossicus) lived...
-
other fossils.
Famous finds from the unit
include Parasaurus geinitzi,
Protorosaurus speneri,
Weigeltisaurus jaekeli and
Glaurung schneideri. The Kupferschiefer...
