Derwentia (amphibian)
Derwentia Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Rhytidosteidae |
Subfamily: | †Derwentiinae |
Genus: | †Derwentia Cosgriff, 1974 |
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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]
See also[]
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Prehistoric amphibians
- Prehistoric tetrapod genera
- Prehistoric vertebrates of Oceania
- Triassic temnospondyls of Australia
- Fauna of Tasmania
- Fossil taxa described in 1974
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
- Triassic animal stubs
- Paleontology in Tasmania