Vellbergia Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha |
Genus: | † Vellbergia Sobral et al., 2020 [1] |
Type species | |
†Vellbergia bartholomaei Sobral et al., 2020 |
Vellbergia is an extinct genus of lepidosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of Germany. It contains a single species, Vellbergia bartholomaei, which is based on a tiny partial skull from the Ladinian-age Lower Keuper. [1] Some studies have found it to be a crown group lepidosaur, closely related to Rhynchocephalia. [2]