Stahleckeria
Stahleckeria is an extinct genus of Middle Triassic (Ladinian) dicynodonts. It lived about 237 million years ago in what is now Brazil and Namibia. As a member of the group Kannemeyeriiformes, it was similar to the genus Kannemeyeria. The genus is known from the type species Stahleckeria potens, which was first collected from the Ladinian-age Santa Maria Formation in the Paleorrota fossil site of Brazil. Stahleckeria was named in honor of Rudolf Stahlecker, who discovered the first specimens during a 1935 expedition led by paleontologist Friedrich von Huene to the Chiniquá fossil site.
~3 min read
Article
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Stahleckeria is an extinct genus of Middle Triassic (Ladinian) dicynodonts. It lived about 237 million years ago in what is now Brazil and Namibia. As a member of the group Kannemeyeriiformes, it was similar to the genus Kannemeyeria. The genus is known from the type species Stahleckeria potens, which was first collected from the Ladinian-age Santa Maria Formation in the Paleorrota fossil site of Brazil. Stahleckeria was named in honor of Rudolf Stahlecker, who discovered the first specimens during a 1935 expedition led by paleontologist Friedrich von Huene to the Chiniquá fossil site.
== Description == thumb|left|250px|Size of Stahleckeria potens relative to a human thumb|right|225px|Paleogeography before the opening of the Atlantic Ocean#South Atlantic|South Atlantic thumb|left|250px|Friedrich von Huene (left) with a skeleton of Stahleckeria at [[University of Tübingen]] Skull of Stahleckeria measured in length. It was a contemporary of the more common Dinodontosaurus. The differences between Stahleckeria and Dinodontosaurus may reflect adaptations to feeding on different plant species.