Malerisaurus
| Malerisaurus | |
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| Malerisaurus robinsonae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | †Allokotosauria |
| Family: | †Azendohsauridae |
| Subfamily: | † Malerisaurinae
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| Genus: | †Malerisaurus Chatterjee, 1980 |
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Malerisaurus is an
Description
Malerisaurus was a medium-sized archosauromorph which averaged 1.2 meters in length.
A second species, M. langstoni, is known from the
Nesbitt et al. (2017) reinterpreted Malerisaurus as an allokotosaurian archosauromorph belonging to the family Azendohsauridae.[5] In 2021, Nesbitt et al. once again looked at Malerisaurus, and found it to be an early-diverging, but late surviving, carnivorous azendohsaurid. This study also found M. langstoni to be a valid and distinct species of Malerisaurus.[6]
Etymology
Malerisaurus was named by Sankar Chatterjee in
Classification
In their 2024 review of Malerisaurus, Sengupta, Ezcurra & Bandyopadhyay analyzed its
| Allokotosauria |
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References
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- ^ "Palaeos Mesozoic: Triassic: Late Triassic: Carnian - 2". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ^ Spielmann, J.A., Lucas, S.G., Hunt, A.P., and Heckert. 2006. Reinterpretation of the holotype of Malerisaurus langstoni, a diapsid reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group of West Texas. The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 37:543-547.
- ^ Sterling J. Nesbitt; Michelle R. Stocker; Martín Ezcurra; Nicholas C. Fraser; Andrew B. Heckert; Adam Marsh; William Parker; Bill Mueller; Adam C. Pritchard (2017). "The 'strange reptiles' of the Triassic: the morphology, ecology, and taxonomic diversity of the clade Allokotosauria illuminated by the discovery of an early diverging member". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 77th Annual Meeting Program & Abstracts: 168–169.
- S2CID 245049571.
- ISSN 1932-8486.
