Rhabdopelix
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Kuehneosauridae |
| Genus: | †Rhabdopelix Cope, 1870[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Rhabdopelix longispinis Cope, 1866
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Rhabdopelix (meaning "rod pelvis") is a
Ned Colbert reevaluated it for his description of Icarosaurus. He noted that the bones came from a block with the remains of other animals, and that Cope had misinterpreted some of the remains; for example, the rod-like "pubic bones" that had given it its name were actually much more like the bony structures used by Icarosaurus and related animals to glide. Additionally, he couldn't relocate the fossils, which are assumed to be lost. He recommended considering Rhabdopelix a dubious name.[2] Peter Wellnhofer retained it as a pterosaur of unknown affinities in his 1978 review,[4] but rejected this by 1991.[5]
The holotype is likely a chimera consisting of Tanytrachelos, Icarosaurus, or fish fossils.[6]
See also
References
- ^ As noted by Colbert (1966), this name was published in the 1870 portion of a multi-year publication; references to 1899 are due to a typographical error in Wellnhofer (1991)
- ^ Colbert, Edwin H. (1966). "A gliding reptile from the Triassic of New Jersey"(PDF). American Museum Novitates (3282): 1–23. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- JSTOR 1005355.
- ISBN 978-3-437-30269-5.
- ISBN 978-0-7607-0154-6.
- S2CID 130089407.