Jesairosaurus
| Jesairosaurus Temporal range: Early - Middle Triassic, Anisian–Olenekian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Protorosauria |
| Genus: | †Jesairosaurus Jalil, 1997 |
| Species: | † J. lehmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Jesairosaurus lehmani Jalil, 1997 | |
Jesairosaurus is an extinct genus of prolacertiform archosauromorph known from Illizi Province of Algeria.[1]
Description
Jesairosaurus is known from the holotype ZAR 6, articulated and three-dimensionally preserved skull and pectoral girdle and from nine paratypes including ZAR 7-8, two skulls and two postcranial skeletons, ZAR 9, a skull and ZAR 10-15, postcrania. It was collected in the Gour Laoud, locality 5003 from the base of lower sandstones of the Lower Zarzaïtine Formation of Zarzaïtine Series, dating to the Anisian-Olenekian stages of the Early to the Middle Triassic. Jesairosaurus is most closely related to Malerisaurus langstoni according to its original description.[1]
Etymology
Jesairosaurus was named by Nour-Eddine Jalil in 1997 and the type species is Jesairosaurus lehmani. The specific name honors J.-P. Lehman for describing for the first time vertebrate material from the Triassic of Algeria.[1]