page_title: Ozimek volans
section_title: Discovery and naming
hierarchical_section_title: Ozimek volans / Discovery and naming
caption_attribution_description: English: Curled skeleton ZPAL AbIII/2512, holotype of long-necked reptile Ozimek volans from Krasiejów, lower Upper Triassic, preserved in a limestone concretion. A. Neck and pectoral girdle in ventral (A1) and oblique right lateral (A2, A3) views. B. Pectoral girdle in anterior view. C. Thoracic vertebrae, ilium, and long bones of the hind leg. D. Dorsal vertebrae, coracoid, and long bones of the front leg. E. Humeri, scapula, ilium. Photographs of specimens coated with ammonium chloride (A3, C2, E2).
context_page_description: Ozimek is a genus of sharovipterygid protorosaur, a type of gliding Triassic archosauromorph reptile from Poland closely related to the Kyrgyzstani Sharovipteryx. It contains one species, O. volans, named in 2016 by Dzik and Sulej.
context_section_description: Ozimek is known from the mudstone and claystone beds of the Krasiejów quarry in Poland. The layers of rock exposed in this quarry, based on comparisons with other sites, dates to the Late Carnian, approximately 230 million years ago. It is known from the holotype specimen, a partial, articulated skeleton catalogued as ZPAL AbIII/2512, along with four other articulated skeletons and 30 other fragmentary specimens.
  The genus name, Ozimek, is derived from Ozimek, the nearby town of the same name. The species name volans (Latin "flying") refers to its possible gliding lifestyle.
caption: Elements of the holotype specimen
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