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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) and Carroll (1988); and to Weigeltisauridae by Kuhn (1966), Benton (1985) and 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Comments: gliderg
Created: 2009-01-04 11:37:34
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:37:34
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Zechstein to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 259.00000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany (Saxony Anhalt) Palaeochamaeleo jaekeli, Gracilisaurus ottoi (85484)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) W. sp. (77197)
Zechstein259.0 - 252.3Germany (Thuringia) Coelurosauravus jaekeli (85490)
Zechstein259.0 - 252.3Germany (Hesse) W. jaekeli (85488 85489 85557)