Rachitrema

Taxobox
name = "Rachitrema"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Sauropsida
genus = "Rachitrema"
genus_authority = Sauvage, 1883
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "R. pellati" Sauvage, 1883 (type)

"Rachitrema" is a poorly-known genus of prehistoric reptile from the Triassic of France. Its remains were found in France by two independent collectors, towards the end of the nineteenth century. They were only isolated bone fragments.

The result of such minimal findings is that the classification of this creature is uncertain. It has variously been described as a dinosaur and an ichthyosaur. For this reason, the scientific classification data that are provided in this article are minimal. Opinion leans toward the classification with ichthyosaurs. Some of the material was described as ichthyosaurian in the 1990s, and the rest of the fossils were from an indeterminate reptile.

The type species is "R. pellati", described by Sauvage in 1883.

External links

* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2004Aug/msg00151.html Dinosaur Mailing List entry, which discusses the genus]