Biology:Vellbergia

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Vellbergia
Temporal range: Middle Triassic Ladinian
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Lepidosauromorpha
Genus: Vellbergia
Sobral et al., 2020[1]
Type species
Vellbergia bartholomaei
Sobral et al., 2020

Vellbergia is an extinct genus of lepidosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of Germany . It contains a single species, Vellbergia bartholomaei, which is based on a tiny partial skull from the Ladinian-age Lower Keuper.[1] Some studies have found it to be a crown group lepidosaur, closely related to Rhynchocephalia.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sobral, Gabriela; Simões, Tiago R.; Schoch, Rainer R. (2020-02-20). "A tiny new Middle Triassic stem-lepidosauromorph from Germany: implications for the early evolution of lepidosauromorphs and the Vellberg fauna" (in en). Scientific Reports 10 (1): 2273. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58883-x. PMID 32080209. Bibcode2020NatSR..10.2273S. 
  2. Ford, David P.; Evans, Susan E.; Choiniere, Jonah N.; Fernandez, Vincent; Benson, Roger B. J. (2021-08-25). "A reassessment of the enigmatic diapsid Paliguana whitei and the early history of Lepidosauromorpha". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1957): 20211084. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1084. PMID 34428965. 

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