Genus: Coelurosauravus PIVETEAU, 1926
Etymology: Greek, koilos, "hollow," Greek, oura, "tail,"
Greek, sauros, "lizard," and Latin, avis, "grandfather,
ancestor."
= Daedalosaurus CARROLL, 1978
Etymology: In reference to Daedalus; according to Greek legend, the inventor
of wings and the father of Icarus, and Greek, sauros, "lizard"; Daedalus's
lizard.
Species: elivensis PIVETEAU, 1926
Etymology: In reference to Mount Eliva, South-western
Madagascar, where the specimen was found.
Lectotype: MNHN.F.MAP325a (Institut de Paleontologie, Paris, No 1908-11-21a)
Locality: Mount Eliva (Sakamena River Valley; Morondava Basin), Tulear, South-western Madagascar.
Horizon: Lower Sakamena Formation, Sakamena Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lopingian Subepoch, Upper Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.
Material: Maxillae, premaxilla and fragmentary skeleton.
Pes after EVANS & HAUBOLD, 1987.
Section of postcranial skeleton to show dorsal vertebrae and proximal ribs. (after EVANS, 1982).
Paralectotype: MNHN.MAP317a, b (part and coutnerpart) (Institut de Paleontologie, Paris, No. 1908-11-22a, b).
Institut de Paleontologie, Paris, No. 1908-11-22a: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.
A) cervical vertebra; B) anterior dorsal vertebra; C) posterior dorsal of holotype; D) right carpus of IP 1908-5-2 in palmer view, E) reconstruction of carpus. (Modified from EVANS & HAUBOLD, 1987).
Referred material:
= Daedalosaurus madagascariensis CARROLL, 1978
Etymology: In reference to Madagascar, the country of the specimens origin.Holotype: MNHN.F.MAP327a, b (Institut de Paleontologie, No. 1908-5-2)
Locality: Vicinity of Mount Eliva, upper reaches of the Sakamena River Valley, Toliary Province, South-Western Madagascar.
Horizon: Upper portion of the lower Sakamena Formation, Sakamena Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lopingian Subepoch, Upper Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.
Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Skeleton after EVANS & HAUBOLD, 1987.
Pectoral girdle and right forelimb (after EVANS & HAUBOLD, 1987).
A) Right femur; B) proximal crus. (After EVANS & HAUBOLD, 1987).