Glaphyrorhynchus

Glaphyrorhynchus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid thalattosuchian from the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) of southern Germany.

Taxonomy and provenance Glaphyrorhynchus is known only from a jaw fragment found in the late Aalenian of Aalen, Germany.Von Meyer, H. (1842) Glaphyrorhynchus Aalensis im Untereisenoolith und Brachytaenius perennis im gelben Jurakalk Württembergs. In Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde (pp. 301-304). E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Stuttgart. The holotype is lost, so the validity of the taxon remains unclear.Abel, P., Sachs, S. & Young, M. T. (2018) Thalattosuchian remains from the late Aalenian Eisensandstein Formation of Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. Geobonn 2018, Abstracts: 223.

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