Doswellia kaltenbachi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proterochampsia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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