Genus: Parasaurus MEYER, 1857 non MARSH, 1885 (nomen dubium) (Parasaurus striatus Cryptocleidinae, Sauropterygian) (nomen
dubium)
Etymology: Greek, para, “near” and Greek, sauros, “lizard”:
Near lizard.
Species: geinitzi MEYER, 1857
Etymology:
Lectotype: GZG.V.010.101(originally numbered 759)
Locality: Kuperberg near Sangerhausen, Harz, Thuringen State, Germany.
Horizon: Basal member of the Zechstein Sequence.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Wuchapingian, Late Permian.
Material: Articulated posterior section of presacral vertebrae with ribs, impression of sacral region, and impression of right femur.
Paralectotype: ThP 279
Locality: Near Ilmeanu, Thuringia,Thuringen State, Germany.
Horizon: Basal member of the Zechstein Sequence.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Wuchapingian, Late Permian.
Material: Pelvic girdle, large portions of hind limb, and a portion of the articulated vertebral column.
Referred material:
TSUJI & MULLER, 2008
Locality: Near Buchholz, northeast Nordhausen District, Thuringen State, Germany.
Horizon: Basal member of the Zechstein Sequence, Kupferschiefer spoil heaps.
Biostratigraphy:Age: Middle Wuchapingian, Late Permian.
Material:
IGMLU uncataluged: Postorbital region of skull, neck, and part of upper pody, including the portions of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs, and anterior dorsal vertebrae.
=Genus: Nova LEE, 1997
= “Parasaurus geinitzi” by WILD, 1985Locality: Richelsdorf, Hesse State, Germany.
Horizon: Kupferschiefer.
Biostratigraphy:Age: Middle Wuchapingian, Late Permian.
Material:
GZG.V.010.102 (formerly numbered NR. 886-1): Skull missing most of preorbital region, save for portion of right maxilla.
GZG.V.010.103: Cast of the above.
SMNK po 688: Sacral and abdomial region with portions of lower limbs and taral elements.
SUES & MUNK, 1996
Locality: Former Wolsberg mine near Berbra-Iba, Hessen State, Germany.
Locality: Near Bebra-Iba, Hessen State, Germany.
Horizon: Kupferschiefer.
Biostratigraphy:Age: Middle Wuchapingian, Late Permian.
Material:
KASSEL S 163: Fragmentary skeleton with stomach contents of the conifer Ullmannia frumentairia.
SMNS 56840: Cast of the above.