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Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Stocker, Michelle R.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Fraser, Nicholas C.; Heckert, Andrew B.; Parker, William G.; Mueller, Bill; Sengupta, Saradee; Bandyopadhyay, Saswati; Pritchard, Adam C.; Marsh, Adam D. (2021).
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was a small archosauromorph, probably capable of climbing trees and swimming. The skull has some adaptations to a carnivorous diet, but is nevertheless unspecialised and probably more of an insectivore.
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Sterling J. Nesbitt; Michelle R. Stocker; Martín Ezcurra; Nicholas C. Fraser; Andrew B. Heckert; Adam Marsh; William Parker; Bill Mueller; Adam C. Pritchard (2017).
1670: 405:, which currently represents four families: Sharovipterygidae, Protorosauridae, Prolacertidae and Tanystropheidae. Chatterjee provisionally regarded 1657: 1185: 1734: 350: 1764: 1729: 1574: 1754: 401:, gracile form, primitive girdles, elongated cervicals and absence of dermal armour. Chatterjee (1980) assigned it to the suborder 1046: 999: 1759: 835: 1178: 130: 1118:(Archosauromorpha: Allokotosauria) from the Upper Triassic lower Maleri Formation, Pranhita‐Godavari Basin, India". 559: 1749: 1300: 818: 547: 328: 1067:"Widespread azendohsaurids (Archosauromorpha, Allokotosauria) from the Late Triassic of western USA and India" 515:, and found it to be an early-diverging, but late surviving, carnivorous azendohsaurid. This study also found 1744: 1724: 1171: 575: 434: 1612: 1595: 1024: 563: 369: 1696: 1120: 426: 397:
skull, shows primitive and advanced facies in its unossified laterosphenoid, absence of antorbital and
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Sengupta, Saradee; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Bandyopadhyay, Saswati (2024-01-26). "The redescription of
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 77th Annual Meeting Program & Abstracts
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which were discovered as the presumable gastric contents of two skeletons of
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was a medium-sized archosauromorph which averaged 1.2 meters in length.
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 37:543-547.
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named in honour of the British Paleontologist who worked in India,
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and concluded that it's indistinguishable from the type species of
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Spielmann, J.A., Lucas, S.G., Hunt, A.P., and Heckert. 2006.
566:, where the holotype of the type species was collected, and 922:, A New Eosuchian Reptile from the Late Triassic of India" 1000:"Palaeos Mesozoic: Triassic: Late Triassic: Carnian - 2" 972:, a new diapsid reptile from the Triassic of Texas". 597:, Sengupta, Ezcurra & Bandyopadhyay analyzed its 1619: 1480: 1441: 1403: 1362: 1311: 1284: 1257: 582:honors the American paleontologist and professor 429: 31099-11, a partial but poorly preserved 911: 909: 907: 905: 1179: 1033:The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. 963: 961: 959: 957: 8: 1607: 1409: 1368: 1359: 1290: 1263: 1254: 1202: 1186: 1172: 1164: 109: 20: 1082: 945: 500:archosauromorph belonging to the family 461:(2006) redescribed the type material of 1740:Late Triassic reptiles of North America 901: 519:to be a valid and distinct species of 627:. Their results are displayed in the 7: 1025:Reinterpretation of the holotype of 619:, with this clade in turn sister to 810: 786: 762: 703: 679: 669: 644: 634: 974:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 534:was named by Sankar Chatterjee in 14: 1591: 1590: 1573: 1150: 562:is derived from the name of the 129: 1735:Late Triassic reptiles of Asia 986:10.1080/02724634.1986.10011627 1: 1765:Fossil taxa described in 1980 836:Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis 623:, together forming the clade 368:. It was collected from the 968:Sankar Chatterjee (1986). " 1781: 1730:Prehistoric reptile genera 916:Sankar Chatterjee (1980). 1755:Triassic geology of Texas 1586: 1571: 1412: 1371: 1358: 1339: 1293: 1266: 1253: 1201: 832: 815: 808: 791: 784: 767: 760: 725: 708: 701: 684: 677: 667: 649: 642: 263: 258: 126:Scientific classification 124: 117: 108: 23: 16:Extinct genus of reptiles 819:Azendohsaurus laaroussii 593:In their 2024 review of 548:Pamela Lamplugh Robinson 1116:Malerisaurus robinsonae 1071:Papers in Palaeontology 688:Malerisaurus robinsonae 621:Malerisaurus robinsonae 544:Malerisaurus robinsonae 435:Colorado City Formation 386:Malerisaurus robinsonae 119:Malerisaurus robinsonae 1027:Malerisaurus langstoni 970:Malerisaurus langstoni 947:10.1098/rstb.1980.0131 712:Malerisaurus langstoni 607:Malerisaurus langstoni 564:Lower Maleri Formation 554:, was named by him in 453:. It was found in the 441:, dating to the early 370:Lower Maleri Formation 1760:Paleontology in Texas 1697:Paleobiology Database 1121:The Anatomical Record 511:once again looked at 492:(2017) reinterpreted 372:, dating to the late 550:. A second species, 457:of Texas. Spielmann 422:, is known from the 399:mandibular fenestrae 357:and almost complete 1158:Paleontology portal 938:1980RSPTB.291..163C 1385:Drepanosauromorpha 584:Wann Langston, Jr. 574:for "lizard". The 449:, about 228–227.5 418:A second species, 346:is known from the 275:Chatterjee, 1980 ( 1712: 1711: 1684:Open Tree of Life 1613:Taxon identifiers 1604: 1603: 1582: 1581: 1569: 1568: 1499:Coelodontognathus 1476: 1475: 1354: 1353: 1350: 1349: 1335: 1334: 1331: 1330: 1084:10.1002/spp2.1413 932:(1048): 163–200. 892: 891: 883: 882: 874: 873: 865: 864: 856: 855: 847: 846: 749: 748: 740: 739: 605:. They recovered 601:placement within 451:million years ago 297: 296: 291: 280: 254: 1772: 1750:Fossils of India 1705: 1704: 1692: 1691: 1679: 1678: 1666: 1665: 1653: 1652: 1640: 1639: 1638: 1608: 1594: 1593: 1577: 1491:Anisodontosaurus 1482:Trilophosauridae 1410: 1369: 1360: 1301:Archosauromorpha 1291: 1286:Archosauromorpha 1264: 1255: 1248: 1247: 1234:Archosauromorpha 1203: 1188: 1181: 1174: 1165: 1160: 1155: 1154: 1153: 1142: 1141: 1130:10.1002/ar.25392 1111: 1105: 1104: 1086: 1061: 1055: 1054: 1042: 1036: 1021: 1015: 1014: 1012: 1011: 1002:. Archived from 996: 990: 989: 965: 952: 951: 949: 913: 811: 787: 763: 704: 680: 670: 652:Trilophosauridae 645: 635: 403:Prolacertiformes 290:Chatterjee, 1986 289: 274: 246: 239: 226: 213: 200: 186:Archosauromorpha 134: 133: 113: 103: 40: 29:Temporal range: 21: 1780: 1779: 1775: 1774: 1773: 1771: 1770: 1769: 1715: 1714: 1713: 1708: 1700: 1695: 1687: 1682: 1674: 1669: 1661: 1656: 1648: 1643: 1634: 1633: 1628: 1615: 1605: 1600: 1578: 1565: 1472: 1437: 1405:Azendohsauridae 1399: 1393:Kuehneosauridae 1346: 1327: 1307: 1280: 1249: 1208: 1207: 1197: 1192: 1156: 1151: 1149: 1146: 1145: 1113: 1112: 1108: 1063: 1062: 1058: 1044: 1043: 1039: 1022: 1018: 1009: 1007: 998: 997: 993: 967: 966: 955: 915: 914: 903: 898: 893: 884: 875: 866: 857: 848: 750: 741: 664:Azendohsauridae 603:Azendohsauridae 591: 529: 502:Azendohsauridae 498:allokotosaurian 479:represents its 353: 150, two 337: 313:archosauromorph 245: 237: 224: 215:Azendohsauridae 211: 198: 128: 104: 102: 101: 96: 91: 86: 81: 76: 71: 66: 61: 56: 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Allokotosauria
Azendohsauridae
Malerisaurinae
Malerisaurus
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