Bavarisaurus (= Homoeosaurus) macrodactylus) has moved. Click here to find it.

Schoenesmahl dyspepsia (formerly Bavarisaurus) (late Jurassic, lower Tithonian, ~30 cm long, Wagner 1854, 1861; Hoffstetter 1983) was found inside the ribs of Compsognathus, a tiny dinosaur. Schoenesmahl is one of the more completely known lizards of the Jurassic.

Schoenesmahl nests with the basal protosquamate Lacertulus and has even longer legs than a predecessor, Palaegama.

A smallish head, short neck wide ribs, long attenuated tail and long limbs describe this lizard. The upper temporal fenestrae are mere slits. The present data shows one sort of teeth in the maxilla and another on the dentary, suggesting they may not belong to the same lizard.

Conrad 2014, 2017) suggested the gut content specimen, Schoenesmahl dyspepsia, was a new specimen and a relative of Ardeosaurus. The holotype of Bavarisaurus is Homoeosaurus macrodactylus (see below), which nests here at the base of the Tritosauria with Huehuecuetzpalli. Click here for more details.

Fraxinisaura rozynekae (Schoch and Sues 2018, Middle Triassic, SMNS 91547) was originally considered a basal lepidosaurmorph close to Marmoretta. Here it nests between the basal pro-squamates, Lacertulus and Schoenesmahl. The naris is very large. The premaxillary teeth are procumbent and tiny. The humerus and femur are very large and narrow. The original parietal appears to be a clavicle and the parietal is not figured. Scale bars do not produce an identical reconstruction when bones are used instead of freehand drawing.

Conrad J 2014. The lizard (Squamata) in Compsognathus (Theropoda) is a new species, not Bavarisaururus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology abstracts.

Conrad JL 2017. A new lizard (Squamata)was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx055

Evans SE, Raia P and Barbera C 2004. New lizards and rhynchocephalians from the Lower Cretaceous of southern. Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49:393–408.

Hoffstetter R 1964. Les Sauria du Jurassique supérieur et specialement les Gekkota de Baviére et de Mandchourie. Senckenberger Biologische 45, 281–324.

Nopcsa F 1903. Neues ueber Compsognathus. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie 16: 476-494.

Schoch R and Sues H-D 2018. A new lepidosauromorph reptile from the Middle
Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany and its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1444619

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