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Weigeltisaurus

Reptilia - Weigeltisauridae

Taxonomy
Weigeltisaurus was named by Kuhn (1939). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Weigeltisauridae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Coelurosauravus by Evans and Haubold (1987).

It was assigned to Reptilia by Kuhn (1964); to Coelurosauravidae by Evans (1982), Carroll (1988); and to Weigeltisauridae by Kuhn (1966), Benton (1985), Bulanov and Sennikov (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Palaeochamaeleo Weigelt p. 625 figs. Pl. I-V, VII
1939Weigeltisaurus Kuhn
1964Weigeltisaurus Kuhn p. 325
1966Weigeltisaurus Kuhn p. 36
1982Weigeltisaurus Evans p. 117
1985Weigeltisaurus Benton p. 153
1988Weigeltisaurus Carroll
2015Weigeltisaurus Bulanov and Sennikov

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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()
—Neodiapsida
familyWeigeltisauridaeKuhn 1939
genusWeigeltisaurusKuhn 1939

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.

G. †Weigeltisaurus Kuhn 1939
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†Weigeltisaurus jaekeli Weigelt 1930
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Invalid names: Gracilisaurus ottoi Weigelt 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeochamaeleo Weigelt 1930 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available