Weigeltisaurus

Weigeltisaurus
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
(unranked): Avicephala
Family: Coelurosauravidae
Genus: Weigeltisaurus
Binomial name
Weigeltisaurus jaekeli
Weigelt, 1930

Weigeltisaurus was a genus of avicephalan reptile[1] that lived in Madagascar about 280 million years ago, during the Permian Period. It was discovered at the beginning of the 20th century.[2]

The Weigeltisaurus had a layer of skin stretched between its ribs which allowed it to glide.[3] This lizard-like reptile possibly had a very small frill at the back of its head covering most of its neck area.[4]

In the book Ecology and Behaviour of Mesozoic Reptiles it was suggested that the name Weigeltisaurus was a "junior synonym of Coelurosauravus".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Cloudsley-Thompson, L. J. (2005). Ecology and Behaviour of Mesozoic Reptiles. Springer. p. 63. ISBN 9783540265719.
  2. International Symposium Central European Permian: Jabłonna, April 27-29, 1978 : Proceedings. Wyd. Geologiczne. 1981. ISBN 9788322001240.
  3. Bailey, Jill (1995). The Young Oxford Book of the Prehistoric World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195211634.
  4. Sherwood Romer, Alfred (1976). Osteology of the reptiles. University of Chicago Press. p. 165.
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