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Genus: Mirasaura SPIEKMAN, FOTH, ROSSI, MARTIN, SLATER, ENRIGHT, DOLLMAN, SERAFINI, SEGIS, GRAUVOGEL-STAMM, McNAMARA, SUES & SCHOCH, 2025
Etymology: Latin, mirus, “wonderful or marvellous" and Latin, saura, “reptile”; Wonderful reptile.

Species: grauvogeli SPIEKMAN, FOTH, ROSSI, MARTIN, SLATER, ENRIGHT, DOLLMAN, SERAFINI, SEGIS, GRAUVOGEL-STAMM, McNAMARA, SUES & SCHOCH, 2025
Etymology: In honor of Louis Grauvogel, who extensively excavted the Gres a Voltzia localities and discovered Mirasaura.

Holotype: SMNS 97278

Locality: Vosges Mountains, Eastern France.

Horizon: Lower unite (Gres a meules) of teh Gres a Voltzia Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Ansian Stage, early Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material: An articulated skull and poorly preserved postcranium including largely complete crest

Mirasaura grauvogeli after SPIEKMAN, FOTH, ROSSI, MARTIN, SLATER, ENRIGHT, DOLLMAN, SERAFINI, SEGIS, GRAUVOGEL-STAMM, McNAMARA, SUES & SCHOCH, 2025, Holotype: SMNS 97278: A) dorsal and B) right lateral views.

Mirasaura grauvogeli after SPIEKMAN, FOTH, ROSSI, MARTIN, SLATER, ENRIGHT, DOLLMAN, SERAFINI, SEGIS, GRAUVOGEL-STAMM, McNAMARA, SUES & SCHOCH, 2025, Holotype: SMNS 97278.

Referred material:

SMNS 97279: Partial skull, largely complete postcranium and incomplete imprint of a crest.

SMNS 97280: A large and largeley complete crest.

SMNS 97281: A partial crest with excellent preservation of individual appendages.

SMNS 97338: A large and largely complete impression of a crest

SMNS 97337: A partial crest.

SMNS 97282-97336, SMNS 97339-97359: 76 specimens representing remains of disarticualted integumentary appendages, occuring along or as associated elements of up to three appendages.

Mirasaura grauvogeli after SPIEKMAN, FOTH, ROSSI, MARTIN, SLATER, ENRIGHT, DOLLMAN, SERAFINI, SEGIS, GRAUVOGEL-STAMM, McNAMARA, SUES & SCHOCH, 2025: A) SMNS 97342; B) SMNS 97281; C) FMNS 97337.