Doswellia

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Doswellia
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Doswellia kaltenbachi
Doswellia kaltenbachi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Family: Doswelliidae
Genus: Doswellia
Weems, 1980
Species: D. kaltenbachi
Binomial name
Doswellia kaltenbachi
Weems, 1980

Doswellia is the name given to a genus of crutotarsan from the Late Triassic (Carnian stage). It lived in what is now North America. The type species, Doswellia kaltenbachi, was described by Weems in 1980. Parrish (1993) places it among the most primitive of the Crurotarsans.

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