Genus: Prosalirus SHUBIN & JENKINS, 1995
Etymology: Latin, pro, ‘in fron of, before,” and Latin salire, "to spring, leap, bound”; Prosalire, to leep forward.

Species: bitis SHUBIN & JENKINS, 1995
Etymology: Navajo, bitis, "high over it."

Holotype: MNA V 8725

Locality: Gold Spring quarry, 35°45.785’N, 111°05.382’W, Adeii Eechii Cliffs, Coconino County, Arizona.

Horizon: Silty Faceis of Kayenta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Pliensbachien Stage, Middle Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: Associated remains of at least two individuals: frontoparietal, stapes, sphenethmoid, parasphenoid, maxilla, premaxilla, angulosplenial, 6 presacral vertebrae, ribs, 3 coracoids, clavicle, 3 humeri, radioulna, carpalia, metacarpalia, 2 partial ilia, tibiofibula.

Referred material:

MCZ 9324: Associated remains of at least two individuals: parasphenoid, 2 cervical (atlas) vertebrae, 1 sacral and 8 presacral vertebrae, urostyle, scapula, coracoid, radioulna, 6 caraplia, 4 metacarpalia, phalanges, 2 ilia.

MCZ 9323: A coracoid, femur, tibiofibula, and proximal tarsals (one incomplete).