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Coelurosauravus elivensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Coelurosauravus elivensis was named by Piveteau (1926). Its type specimen is MNHN (IP) 1908-11-21a, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Eliva (Sakamena Fm.), which is in a Lopingian terrestrial horizon in the Lower Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Coelurosauravus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau
1978Coelurosauravus elivensis Carroll p. 144 figs. 2, 3
1978Daedalosaurus madagascariensis Carroll p. 151 figs. 5-9, 10C
1982Coelurosauravus elivensis Evans p. 117
1987Coelurosauravus elivensis Evans and Haubold pp. 293, 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Eosuchia()
Avicephala
genusCoelurosauravusPiveteau 1926
specieselivensisPiveteau 1926

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.

Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau 1926
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Invalid names: Daedalosaurus madagascariensis Carroll 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Created: 2009-01-04 11:10:15
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:10:15
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Frey et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lopingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Madagascar (Tulear) Coelurosauravus elivensis, Daedalosaurus madagascariensis (type locality: 85494)