Doswellia

Doswellia Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
(Unranked) :	Crurotarsi
(Unranked) :	Archosauria
Family:	Doswelliidae
Genus:	Doswellia
Species:	D. kaltenbachi Weems, 1980

Doswellia is an extinct genus of early carnivorous terrestrial crurotarsan of the family Doswelliidae endemic to what would be North America during the Late Triassic (Carnian stage) living from 228—216.5 mya, existing for approximately 228-216.5 million years.^[1]

TaxonomyEdit

The type species, Doswellia kaltenbachi, was described by Weems in 1980. Parrish (1993) places it among the most primitive of the crurotarsans.

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Crurotarsi Phylogeny Archive
• Doswellia at Palaeos Vertebrates

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v - e - d Crurotarsi Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Sauropsida · Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
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