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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Family: | †Sapheosauridae |
| Genus: | †Oenosaurus Rauhut et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Oenosaurus muehlheimensis 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.1
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.1
Diet and lifestyle
It is likely that Oenosaurus led a durophagous lifestyle as indicated by the broad tooth plates.1 It is unknown if this animal was aquatic or terrestrial.
Phylogeny
It is currently considered to be a sapheosaur.2
References
References
- Rauhut, O. W. M.; Heyng, A. M.; López-Arbarello, A.; Hecker, A. (2012). Farke, Andrew A (ed.). "A New Rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Germany with a Dentition That is Unique amongst Tetrapods". PLOS ONE. 7 (10) e46839. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...746839R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046839. PMC 3485277. PMID 23118861.
- Simões, Tiago R.; Caldwell, Michael W.; Pierce, Stephanie E. (2020-12-07). "Sphenodontian phylogeny and the impact of model choice in Bayesian morphological clock estimates of divergence times and evolutionary rates". BMC Biology. 18 (1): 191. doi:10.1186/s12915-020-00901-5. ISSN 1741-7007. PMC 7720557. PMID 33287835.