Diagnoza

Strongly elongated cervical vertebrae with long low neural spines and slender horizontally placed cervical ribs with an anterior process; three-headed ribs on some anterior trunk vertebrae, but these ribs do not attach to the ends of elongated transverse processes; primitive premaxilla lacks posterolateral process .

Porównanie

Czatkowiella shows skull and vertebral characters typical of the long-necked “prolacertiforms” (loss of the parietal foramen, distinct transverse processes on the dorsal vertebrae, double-headed ribs), but is close to the Late Permian Protorosaurus.

Autekologia

Terrestrial, probably carnivorous.

Występowanie geograficzne

Only locus typicus.

Zasięg czasowy

Only stratum typicum.

Materiały muzealne

Institute of Paleobiology PAN, Warsaw (ZPAL)

Literatura

Borsuk-Białynicka, M. and Evans, S.E. 2009. A long-necked archosauromorph from the Early Triassic of Poland. Palaeontologia Polonica 65, 203–234.