Chinleana: First record of Colognathus (?Amniota) from the Middle Triassic of Europe

First record of Colognathus (?Amniota) from the Middle Triassic of Europe

By Bill Parker on Wednesday, June 26, 2013

This is a short note redescribing material from the Middle Triassic of Germany that is referable to the enigmatic vertebrate taxon Colognathus, which has been considered everything from a 'fish' to and archosauromorph reptile. Unfortunately the new material does not clarify the systematic position of Colognathus, but does represent a temporal and geographic extension.

Sues, H. -D., and R. R. Schoch. 2013. First record of Colognathus (?Amniota) from the Middle Triassic of Europe, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:4, 998-1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.732977

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Will BairdJune 26, 2013 at 1:21 PM
Any speculations? What's your opinion of what it is?
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Bill ParkerJune 26, 2013 at 9:22 PM
If Sues and Schoch could not figure it out then I have no chance of doing so either.
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