Genus: Amotosaurus FRASER & RIEPPEL, 2006
Etymology: Greek, amoto, "wild": in honor of Rupert Wild and his significant
contribution to the study of tanystropheids, and Greek, sauros, "lizard."
Species: rotfeldensis FRASER & RIEPPEL, 2006
Etymology: In reference to the locality where the material was collected.
= Tanystropheus longobardicus ORTLAM, 1967 (referred material)
= Tanystropheus antiquus (ORTLAM, 1967 ) WILD, 1980 (referred material)
= Macrocnemus bassanii ORTLAM, 1967 (referred material)
Holotype: SMNS 50830
Locality: Quarry Kössig, Rothfelden, district Calw, and foundation pit Kappler, Pflzgrafenweler, district Freudenstadt, Northern Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg State, Southwest Germany.
Horizon: Upper Buntsandstein ('Violet horizon 5' of ORTLAM, 1967).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Ansian Stage, Early Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material: Cervical series, pectoral and pelvic elements, scattered dorsal vertebrae and skull bones.
Referred material:
SMNS 50691: Skull in ventral view, parts of forelimb and pectoral girdle.
SMNS 54783a, b: Several associated skeletons. 2 necks and skulls interwined. Dorsal series of one individual is complete. At least three articulated hind legs preserved.
SMNS 54784a, b: 2 skulls in ventral view with shagreen of teeth clearly displayed. The palatines, pterygoids and vomers are well displayed on both skulls.
SMNS 54810: Block with a mass of disassociated bones, including skull, limb elements, pes, cervical and dorsal vertebrae.
SMNS 90600: Sacral and proximal caudal region.
SMNS 90601: Articulated left maxilla and jugal.
EZCURRA, 2016
SMNS 90543, 90544, 90551, 90559, 90563, 90564, 90566, 90599-90601:
Unnumbered: Several blocks containing a variety of rather fragmentary remains. These include a skull and forelimb and a series of neck and trunk vertebrae. Other specimens include isolated cranial elements, short secetions of the vertebral column and partial limb elements.
WILD, 1980
SMNS 16687: Skull imperfectly known and imperfect skeleton.
BLNK: 2 cervical vertebrae with cervical ribs.
SMNS 50831: Cervical vertebra.
Humboldt Universitat Berlin No. M.B. 1970.42.6: Cervical vertebra.
= Tanystropheus longobaridicus ORTLAM, 1967 non BASSANI, 1886
Locality: Northern Schwarzwald, Black Forest, and the southern Odenwald, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Biolet Horizons.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Anterior dentary fragment, 5 cervical vertebrae, cervical ribs, and 8 caudal vertebrae.
= Macrocnemus bassanii ORTLAM, 1967 non NOPCSA, 1930
Locality: Northern Schwarzwald, Black Forest, and the southern Odenwald, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Biolet Horizons.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Triassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Posterior portion of premaxilla, maxilla missing posterior end, dentary missing posterior end, interclavicle, and tibia.