Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proterochampsia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Clade: †Proterochampsia

Familia: †Doswelliidae
Genus: Doswellia
Species: D. kaltenbachi

Name

Doswellia kaltenbachi Weems, 1980

Type locality

Carnian, Late Triassic; Poor Farm Member, Falling Creek Formation, Doswell Group, Taylorsville basin. Pit dug for foundation of Doswell sewer plant, 0.4 miles (0.64 km) northwest of the confluence of the North Anna River and the Little River, near Doswell, Hanover County, Virginia, U.S.A.

Type material

  • Holotype: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USNM 244214
  • Paratype: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USNM 214823

References

  • Dilkes, D. & Seus, H., 2009; "Redescription and Phylogenetic Relationships of Doswellia kaltenbachi (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):58–79
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