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Kuehneosaurus

Description

Kuehneosaurus is an extinct genus of Late Triassic kuehneosaurid reptile known from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Penarth Group of southwest England and the Steinmergel Group of Luxemburg. It was named by P. L. Robinson in 1962 and the type and only species is Kuehneosaurus latus. Measuring 72 centimetres long (2.3 feet), it had "wings" formed from ribs which jutted out from its body by as much as 14.3 cm, connected by a membrane which allowed it to slow its descent when jumping from trees. It is a member of a family of gliding reptiles, the Kuehneosauridae, within the larger group Lepidosauromorpha, which also contains modern lizards and tuatara.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4820558https://www.gbif.org/species/4820558
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37841https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37841
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Kuehneosauridae : Kuehneosaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Kuehneosauridae : Kuehneosaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
-LepidosauriformesGauthier et al. 1988
familyKuehneosauridaeRomer 1966
genusKuehneosaurusRobinson 1962
Scientific NameKuehneosaurus Robinson, 1962
Name Published InProc. Geol. Soc. Lond. No. 1601
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kuehneosaurusgenusbelongs to Kuehneosauridaestated with evidenceKuhn, 1966
Kuehneosaurusgenusbelongs to KuehneosauridaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance216 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. L. Robinson. 1962. Gliding lizards from the upper Keuper of Great Britain. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1601:137-146
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuehneosaurus

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Kuehneosaurus latus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1962Kuehneosaurus Robinson p. 146
1966Kuehneosaurus Kuhn p. 44
1967Kuehneosaurus Robinson p. 172
1983Kuehneosaurus Estes
1985Kuehneosaurus Benton p. 154
1988Kuehneosaurus Carroll

References

Robinson P. L. (1962) Gliding lizards from the upper Keuper of Great Britain, Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1601, 137-146
Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154
Robinson P. L. (1967) Triassic vertebrates from lowland and upland, Science and Culture 33 4, 169-173
Estes R. (1983) Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A, 1-249
Benton M. J. (1985) Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 2, 97-164
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. No. 1601 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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