Species: hagodorni SANDER, RIEPPEL & BUCHER, 1997
Etymology: In honor of Dr. H. C. Hans Hagdorn (Ingelfingen, Germany) for his
generous and wide ranging assistance in out (the authors) research on marine
reptiles in the European Triassic.
Holotype: FMNH PR 1774
Locality: Sec. 12, T25N, R39E, Muller Canyon, Augusta Mountains, southeastern most Pershing County, Nevada.
Horizon: From laminated mudstones in the Fossil Hill Member, Favret Formation, Star Peak Group.
Biostratigraphy: Basal Rotelliformis Zone.
Age: Late Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Nearly complete skull, cervical, anterior trunk region with pectoral
girdle and forelimbs.