Coelurosauravus BW

Avicephala is an extinct order of bizarre diapsid reptiles that lived during the Late Permian and Triassic periods. Many species had odd specialized grasping limbs and prehensile tails, adapted to arboreal (and possibly aquatic) lifestyles.

Fossil range: Permian-Triassic
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Chordata
 Class: Sauropsida
 Subclass: Diapsida
 Avicephala, Senter, 2004
Families: Longisquamidae, Coelurosauravidae, Drepanosauridae

References

  • Colbert, E. H. & Olsen, P. E. (2001). "A new and unusual aquatic reptile from the Lockatong Formation of New Jersey (Late Triassic, Newark Supergroup)." American Museum Novitates: #3334, pp. 1-24.
  • Harris, J. D. & Downs, A. (2002). "A drepanosaurid pectoral girdle from the Ghost Ranch (Whitaker) Coelophysis quarry (Chinle Group, Rock Point Formation, Rhaetian), New Mexico." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 22, #1, pp. 70-75.
  • Renesto, S. (1994). "Megalancosaurus, a possibly arboreal archosauromorph (Reptilia) from the Upper Triassic of northern Italy." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 14, #1, pp. 38-52.
  • Renesto, S. (2000): Bird-like head on a chameleon body: new specimens of the enigmatic diapsid reptile Megalancosaurus from the Late Triassic of northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 106: 157–180. HTML abstract
  • Senter, P. (2004). "Phylogeny of Drepanosauridae (Reptilia: Diapsida)." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2 (3): 257-268.

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