Reptilia - Eosuchia

PaleoDB taxon number: 138001

Alternative combinations: Coelurosauravus jaekeli, Palaeochamaeleo jaekeli

Synonym: Gracilisaurus ottoi Weigelt 1930 (taxon 138546)

Full reference: J. Weigelt. 1930. Palaeochamaeleo jaekeli nov. gen. nov. sp., ein neuer Rhynchocephale aus dem Mansfelder Kupferschiefer. Leopoldina (2nd series) 6:625-642

Belongs to Weigeltisaurus according to V. V. Bulanov and A. G. Sennikov 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Weigeltisaurus jaekeli: SSWG 113/7, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Mansfeld mining district, which is in a Wuchiapingian offshore claystone in the Werra Formation of Germany.
• Gracilisaurus ottoi: GM 1462, a partial skeleton (vertebrae, hindlimb and ribs). Its type locality is Mansfeld mining district, which is in a Wuchiapingian offshore claystone in the Werra Formation of Germany.

Ecology: volant