Trachelosaurus
Trachelosaurus is an extinct genus of lizard-like early archosauromorph reptiles from the Protorosauria within the monotypic family Trachelosauridae that was originally described as a dinosaur until it was redescribed in 1988 by Robert L. Carroll. The type species, T. fischeri, was described by F. Broili & E. Fischer in 1917 based on remains found in the Solling Formation (Buntsandstein), Bernburg, Germany.
| Trachelosaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Family: | †Trachelosauridae Kuhn, 1971 |
| Genus: | †Trachelosaurus Broili & Fischer, 1917 |
| Species: | †T. fischeri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Trachelosaurus fischeri Broili & Fischer, 1917 | |
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