Doswellia kaltenbachi

Life-forms

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