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Enalioetes
''Enalioetes'' is an extinct genus of metriorhynchid thalattosuchian from the Early Cretaceous Stadthagen Formation of Germany. The type species is ''E. schroederi''. Prior to its description in 2024, it was known under the informal names '' Enaliosuchus'' "schroederi" and '' Cricosaurus'' "schroederi". Discovery and naming The holotype, which consists of much of the skull as well as parts of the neck, was discovered no later than 1916 in the Stadthagen Formation in Engelbostel, Germany. At the time of its discovery, the fossil material was thought to have belonged to a type of ichthyosaur by its discoverer, a government architect by the name of D. Hapke. Hapke then turned the fossils over to Prussian paleontologist Henry Schroeder in 1916, who proceeded to prepare and describe the material. Some years prior, in 1883, Ernst Koken described another metriorhynchid from the Stadthagen Formation, which he named '' Enaliosuchus macrospondylus''.Koken E. (1883). Die reptilian der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadthagen Formation
The Stadthagen Formation is a geological formation located in Hanover, Germany, dating to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian). The formation contains fossils of reptiles and fish, suggesting that the formation was once a shallow marine setting.''Pêgas, R.V., Holgado, B., Leal, M.E.C., (2019). "''Targaryendraco wiedenrothi'' gen. nov. (Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontoidea, Lanceodontia) and recognition of a new cosmopolitan lineage of Cretaceous toothed pterodactyloids", ''Historical Biology'', 1–15. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1690482'' History The Stadthagen Formation outcrops in the Engelbostel and Sachsenhagen clay pits, which operated as brickworks A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a clay pit, quar ... from 1904 to 1986. After the brickworks closed in 1986, most of the quarry ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
