Derwentia
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This article is about the extinct amphibian genus. For the Australian plant genus, see Derwentia (plant).
| Derwentia Temporal range: Early Triassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | Stereospondyli |
| Infraorder: | Trematosauria |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidosteoidea |
| Family: | Rhytidosteidae |
| 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]
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- ^ Warren, A.; and 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.
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