Species: haasi RIEPPEL, 2001
Etymology: In honor of the late Prof. G. Haas, who initiated the study of fossil
reptile fauna from Makhtesh Ramon.
= Tanystropheus sp PEYER, 1953
Holotype: HUJ-Pal. TR. 1
Locality: Makhtesh Ramon, Negev, Israel.
Horizon: Muschelkalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Anisian- lower Ladinian Stage, Middle Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Posterior end of 8th cervical vertebra.
Referred material:
HUJ-Pal. TR 1447: Posterior end of a cervical vertebra with the middle cervical region (cf 6 through 8, probably cv 8.)
HUJ-PAL. TR 9, 11, -13, 17, 20, 26-28, 39, 44, 50, 51, 1451, 1452, 1456, 1464, 1465, 2126, 2127, 2130, 2258, 2264, 2736: Incomplete fragments of cervical vertebrae.
2 uncatalogued specimens.
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