Dromotectum

Dromotectum Temporal range: Early Triassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
(unranked):	Reptiliomorpha
Suborder:	†Chroniosuchia
Family:	2000
Species
†D. spinosum Novikov & Shishkin, 2000 (type)

Dromotectum is an extinct genus of bystrowianid reptiliomorph from lower Triassic deposits of Samara Region, european Russia. It is known from the holotype PIN 2424/23, which consists of armor scute and from PIN 2424/65, 4495/14 and 2252/397 which can be assigned to this genus. It was found in the Staritskaya Formation of the Rybinskin Horizon. It was first named by I.V. Novikov and M.A. Shishkin in 2000 and the type species is Dromotectum spinosum. The generic name means “corridor with hipped vault” (dromos in Greek) + “roof” (tecton), and the specific name means “spinous” (spinosum in Latin).^[1]

References

1. ^ I.V. Novikov and M.A. Shishkin (2000). "Triassic chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) and the evolution of trunk dermal scutes in bystrowianids". Paleontological Journal 34 (2): 165–178. 

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