Derwentia (amphibian)

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Derwentia
Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Fossil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order:† Temnospondyli
Suborder:† Stereospondyli
Family:† Rhytidosteidae
Subfamily:† Derwentiinae
Genus:† Derwentia
Cosgriff, 1974
Species
  • D. warreniCosgriff, 1974 (type)

Derwentia is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Rhytidosteidae. It is known from a single skull found from the Knocklofty Sandstone of Tasmania, which is Early Triassic in age. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Warren, A.; Black, T. (1985). "A new rhytidosteid (Amphibia, Labyrinthodontia) from the Early Triassic Arcadia Formation of Queensland, Australia, and the relationships of Triassic temnospondyls". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (4): 303–327. doi:10.1080/02724634.1985.10011868.


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