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Weigeltisaurus jaekeli

Reptilia - Weigeltisauridae

Taxonomy
Palaeochamaeleo jaekeli was named by Weigelt (1930). Its type specimen is SSWG 113/7, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mansfeld mining district, which is in a Wuchiapingian offshore claystone in the Werra Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Coelurosauravus jaekeli by Evans and Haubold (1987); it was recombined as Weigeltisaurus jaekeli by Kuhn (1939), Evans (1982), Bulanov and Sennikov (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Gracilisaurus ottoi Weigelt p. 279 figs. Pl. IV
1930Palaeochamaeleo jaekeli Weigelt p. 625 figs. Pl. I-V, VII
1939Weigeltisaurus jaekeli Kuhn
1982Weigeltisaurus jaekeli Evans p. 117
1987Coelurosauravus jaekeli Evans and Haubold pp. 293, 298
2015Weigeltisaurus jaekeli Bulanov and Sennikov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
familyWeigeltisauridaeKuhn 1939
genusWeigeltisaurusKuhn 1939
speciesjaekeli()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Weigeltisaurus jaekeli Weigelt 1930
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Invalid names: Gracilisaurus ottoi Weigelt 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: volantg
Created: 2009-01-04 11:37:34
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:37:34
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Padian 1985, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Zechstein or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Weigeltisaurus sp. (77197)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany (Saxony Anhalt) Palaeochamaeleo jaekeli, Gracilisaurus ottoi (type locality: 85484)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Germany (Hesse) Weigeltisaurus jaekeli (85488 85489 85557)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Germany (Thuringia) Coelurosauravus jaekeli (85490)