Coelurosauravidae
Encyclopedia
Coelurosauravidae was a family
of avicephala
ns from the Permian
and Triassic
time periods. They lived in trees, and were typically two feet long. These reptile
s glided from high places by using spines connected with skin membranes used as wing
s.
For more taxonomical information, see The Taxonomicon
found Coelurosauravidae to be synonymous with Weigeltisauridae in 1978.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of avicephala
Avicephala
thumb|right|Artist's reconstruction of [[Coelurosauravus]]Avicephala is a possibly polyphyletic and therefore disused clade of diapsid reptiles that lived during the Late Permian and Triassic periods...
ns from the Permian
Permian
The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
and Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...
time periods. They lived in trees, and were typically two feet long. These reptile
Reptile
Reptiles are members of a class of air-breathing, ectothermic vertebrates which are characterized by laying shelled eggs , and having skin covered in scales and/or scutes. They are tetrapods, either having four limbs or being descended from four-limbed ancestors...
s glided from high places by using spines connected with skin membranes used as wing
Wing
A wing is an appendage with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid...
s.
Scientific Classification
(see box on right)For more taxonomical information, see The Taxonomicon
Relatives of coelurosauravids
- DolabrosaurusDolabrosaurusDolabrosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile and a member of the family Drepanosauridae....
- DrepanosaurusDrepanosaurusDrepanosaurus is a genus of arboreal reptile that lived during the Triassic Period. Only one specimen of Drepanosaurus has thus far been found. Sadly this specimen was incomplete and lacked a head and neck...
- HypuronectorHypuronectorHypuronector is a genus of extinct reptile from the Triassic Period that lived in what is now New Jersey. The etymology of the name translates as "deep-tailed swimmer from the lake." A member of the Simiosauria, Hypuronector is related to the arboreal Megalancosaurus. It was a small animal,...
- LongisquamaLongisquamaLongisquama insignis is an extinct lizard-like reptile known only from one poorly preserved and incomplete fossil. It lived during the middle or late Triassic Period, 230-225 million years ago, in what is now Kyrgyzstan...
- MegalancosaurusMegalancosaurusMegalancosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile from the Late Triassic period of Northern Italy, and one of the best known drepanosaurids. The type species is M. preonensis; a translation of the animal's scientific name would be "long armed reptile from the Preone Valley."-Anatomy:Megalancosaurus was...
- ?ProtoavisProtoavisProtoavis is a problematic taxon of archosaurian known from fragmentary remains from Late Triassic Norian stage deposits near Post, Texas. Much controversy remains over the animal, and there are many different interpretations of what Protoavis actually is...
- VallesaurusVallesaurusVallesaurus is an extinct genus of Late Triassic elyurosaur drepanosauromorph. First found in Northern Italy in 1975, it is one of the most primitive drepanosaurs. V. cenenis is the type species, named in 2006. A second species, V...
Synonym
Robert CarrollRobert Carroll
Robert Carroll may refer to:*Robert L. Carroll , American paleontologist*Robert Todd Carroll , American academic and well-known skeptic of pseudoscience*Robert Carroll , TV actor who starred in The Stranger...
found Coelurosauravidae to be synonymous with Weigeltisauridae in 1978.