[D] Elachistosuchus huenei [ncG]
Describer
Janensch, 1949
Time
Triassic Late
Classification
Not considered dinosaur
Fossilsite
Germany
Info
Genus
From the Upper Triassic of Germany is known a small archosaur specimen, Elachistosuchus huenei Janensch (1949), Walker, (1966), of which specimen he could to observe in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, which was the object of additional preparation (Jaeger, pers. comm.). Some characters of the dentary as well as the enormous orbit that it possesses, makes one think that it could belong to a very juvenile prosauropod comparable to Mussaurus patagonicus. (Bonaparte & Vince, 1979)
Janensch, W. (1949) Ein Neües Reptil aus dem Keuper von Halberstadt. Neües Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Monatschefte, Abt B: p. 225-242.; [Elachistosuchus (Rhynchocephalian)]
Walker A.D. (1966) Elachistosuchus, a Triassic rhyncho-cephalian from Germany . Nature 211: 583–585