Weigeltisaurus

Weigeltisaurus
Temporal range: Lopingian
~260.4–251 Ma
Specimen SMNK-PAL 2882
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Weigeltisauridae
Genus: †Weigeltisaurus
Kuhn, 1939[1]
Species:
†W. jaekeli
Binomial name
†Weigeltisaurus jaekeli
(Weigelt, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Palaeochamaeleo jaekeli
    Weigelt, 1930
  • Gracilisaurus ottoi
    Weigelt, 1930
  • Coelurosauravus jaekeli
    – Evans and Haubold, 1987

Weigeltisaurus is an extinct genus of weigeltisaurid reptile from the Late Permian Kupferschiefer of Germany and Marl Slate of England. It has a single species, originally named as Palaechamaeleo jaekeli in 1930 and later assigned the name Weigeltisaurus jaekeli in 1939, when it was revealed that Palaeochamaeleo was a preoccupied name. A 1987 review by Evans and Haubold later lumped Weigeltisaurus jaekeli under Coelurosauravus as a second species of that genus.[2] A 2015 reassessment of skull morphology study substantiated the validity of Weigeltisaurus and subsequent authors have used this genus.[3][4] Like other Weigeltisaurids, they possessed long rod-like bones that radiated from the trunk that were likely used to support membranes used for gliding, similar to extant Draco lizards.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilworks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Evans, Susan E.; Haubold, Hartmut (1 July 1987). "A review of the Upper Permian genera Coelurosauravus, Weigeltisaurus and Gracilisaurus (Reptilia: Diapsida)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90 (3): 275–303. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1987.tb01356.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
  3. ^ Bulanov, V.V.; Sennikov, A.G. (2015). "Substantiation of Validity of the Late Permian Genus Weigeltisaurus Kuhn, 1939 (Reptilia, Weigeltisauridae)". Paleontological Journal. 49 (10): 1101–1111. Bibcode:2015PalJ...49.1101B. doi:10.1134/S0031030115110039. S2CID 85660972.
  4. ^ Pritchard, Adam C.; Nesbitt, Sterling J. (2017). "A bird-like skull in a Triassic diapsid reptile increases heterogeneity of the morphological and phylogenetic radiation of Diapsida". Royal Society Open Science. 4 (10): 170499. Bibcode:2017RSOS....470499P. doi:10.1098/rsos.170499. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 5666248. PMID 29134065.