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Dolabrosaurus

Dolabrosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile and a member of the family Drepanosauridae. Fossils of Dolabrosaurus have been found in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.

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Dolabrosaurus
Temporal range: Norian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Drepanosauromorpha
Family: Drepanosauridae
Genus: Dolabrosaurus
Berman & Reisz, 1992
Species:
D. aquatilis
Binomial name
Dolabrosaurus aquatilis
Berman & Reisz, 1992

Dolabrosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile and a member of the family Drepanosauridae.1 Fossils of Dolabrosaurus have been found in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.2

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References

  1. Berman, David S.; Reisz, Robert R. (1992). "Dolabrosaurus aquatilis, a Small Lepidosauromorph Reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of North-Central New Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 66 (6): 1001–1009. Bibcode:1992JPal...66.1001B. doi:10.1017/S0022336000020928. JSTOR 1305953. S2CID 130221236.
  2. Dolabrosaurus at Fossilworks.org