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Jaxtasuchus
''Jaxtasuchus'' is an extinct genus of armoured doswelliid archosauriform reptile known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian stage) of the Erfurt Formation, Germany. The type species ''Jaxtasuchus salomoni'' was named in 2013 on the basis of several skeletons and partial remains. Like other doswelliids, it is heavily armored with many rows of bony plates called osteoderms covering its body. ''Jaxtasuchus'' is the first doswelliid known from Europe and is most closely related to ''Doswellia'' from the Late Triassic of the eastern United States. Fossils have been found in aquatic mudstones alongside fossils of temnospondyl amphibians, crustaceans, and mollusks, suggesting that ''Jaxtasuchus'' was semiaquatic like modern crocodilians.
==Discovery==
Fossils of ''Jaxtasuchus'' have been found in the Lower Keuper of southern Germany, which dates back to the end of the Middle Triassic. The osteoderms of ''Jaxtasuchus'' were originally interpreted as the dermal bones of temnospondyl amphibians and later as the plates of aetosaur reptiles. The only other archosauriforms currently known from the Lower Keuper are ''Zanclodon laevis'', which is known from a jaw fragment and several teeth, and ''Batrachotomus kupferzellensis'', a large pseudosuchian archosaur that is known from several skeletons. ''Jaxtasuchus'' is the most abundant archosauriform reptile in the Lower Keuper. Its remains have been uncovered in five fossil localities: Kupferzell, Rielingshausen, Vellberg, Wolpertshausen, and Zwingelhausen. The holotype specimen is a mostly complete skeleton from Vellberg missing the head and neck. Also from Vellberg is a specimen preserving bones of the skull. Other more fragmentary specimens include limb bones and osteoderms. At some sites ''Jaxtasuchus'' is known only by its osteoderms.〔
''Jaxtasuchus'' is named after Jagst, a tributary of the Neckar river in the region where fossils were found. The type species ''J. salomoni'' is named after Hans Michael Salomon, who discovered the holotype specimen and donated it to the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart where it is now housed.〔
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