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532 / Paleozoic
Coelurosauravus
Coelurosauravus jaekeli
Long independent bony rods supported one of the earliest vertebrate gliding membranes.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 259–252 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Permian
- Geographic range
- Dry woodland · Madagascar
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Coelurosauravus?
Coelurosauravus (Coelurosauravus jaekeli) was an extinct organism known from About 259–252 million years ago, with a range in Dry woodland · Madagascar.
Life and ecology
It leapt between trunks, gliding after insects and away from ground predators.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Coelurosauravus disappear?
Weigeltisaurid gliders disappeared around the end-Permian crisis and its forest collapse; exactly when and why this species vanished is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Coelurosauravus?
Flattened skeletons preserve rods, skull and limbs; membrane posture follows articulation.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS