Thuringothyris
| Thuringothyris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Captorhinidae |
| Genus: | †Thuringothyris Boy & Martens, 1991 |
| Species: | †T. mahlendorffae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Thuringothyris mahlendorffae Boy & Martens, 1991
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Thuringothyris is an
Description
Thuringothyris is known from the
million years ago. They were found in the Bromacker Quarry, the middle part of the Thuringian Forest, near the small town of Tambach-Dietharz.[2]
Thuringothyris was originally thought to be protorothyridid. A redescription of all known Thuringothyris specimens by Johannes Müller, David S. Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Thomas Martens and Stuart S. Sumida in 2006 suggested that it is a sister taxon of Captorhinidae.[2] A noval phylogenic study of primitive reptile relationships by Müller & Reisz in 2006 recovered Thuringothyris as a sister taxon of the Captorhinidae.[3] The same results were obtained in later phylogenic analyses.[4][5]
Etymology
Thuringothyris was first named by Jürgen A. Boy and Thomas Martens in
generic name is named after its finding place Thuringia. The specific name honors Ursula R. Mahlendorf.[1]