Janosikia ulmensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Gallotiinae
Genus: †Janosikia
Species: †Janosikia ulmensis

Name

Janosikia ulmensis (Gerhardt, 1903)

• Holotype: SMNS 96582, well-preserved adult individual, consisting of premaxilla, maxilla, left nasal, prefrontal, palpebral, frontal, parietal, supratemporal, squamosal, pterygoid, mandible (dentary, coronoid, angular, surangular), supraocular osteoderm, interclavicle, humerus, zeugopodium, phalanx, vertebrae, and ribs.
• Type locality and horizon: north-west of Ulm, Germany. The fossils derive from white or grey calcareous marls of the of the Lower Freshwater Molasse, dated to the middle Agenian (MN 2a), lower Miocene.

Combinations

• Ophisaurus ulmensis Gerhardt, 1903: 5 [original combination]
• Janosikia ulmensis — Čerňanský, Klembara & Smith, 2016: 864 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gerhardt, K. 1903. Ophisaurus ulmensis n. sp. aus dem Untermiozän von Ulm a. D Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 59: 67–71.
• Čerňanský, A., Klembara, J. & Smith, K.T. 2016. Fossil lizard from central Europe resolves the origin of large body size and herbivory in giant Canary Island lacertids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(4): 861–877. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12340 Reference page.