Oenosaurus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Tithonian}}
| image = Oenosaurus.png
| image_caption = Holotype skull in multiple views
| taxon = Oenosaurus
| authority = Rauhut et al., 2012
| type_species = {{extinct}}Oenosaurus muehlheimensis
| type_species_authority = Rauhut et al., 2012
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Oenosaurus is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) aged Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.{{Cite journal | last1 = Rauhut | first1 = O. W. M. | last2 = Heyng | first2 = A. M. | last3 = López-Arbarello | first3 = A. | last4 = Hecker | first4 = A. | editor1-last = Farke | editor1-first = Andrew A | title = A New Rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Germany with a Dentition That is Unique amongst Tetrapods | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0046839 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 10 | pages = e46839 | year = 2012 | pmid = 23118861| pmc = 3485277| bibcode = 2012PLoSO...746839R | doi-access = free }}
Description
The genus is known from a partial skull preserved in ventral view. The teeth in the upper and lower jaws were fused into tooth plates.
Diet and lifestyle
It is likely that Oenosaurus led a durophagous lifestyle as indicated by the broad tooth plates. It is unknown if this animal was aquatic or terrestrial.
Phylogeny
It is currently considered to be a sapheosaur.{{Cite journal |last1=Simões |first1=Tiago R. |last2=Caldwell |first2=Michael W. |last3=Pierce |first3=Stephanie E. |date=2020-12-07 |title=Sphenodontian phylogeny and the impact of model choice in Bayesian morphological clock estimates of divergence times and evolutionary rates |journal=BMC Biology |language=en |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=191 |doi=10.1186/s12915-020-00901-5 |issn=1741-7007 |pmc=7720557 |pmid=33287835 |doi-access=free }}
References
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Category:Jurassic reptiles of Europe
Category:Prehistoric reptile genera
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