Derwentia

This article is about the extinct amphibian genus. For the Australian plant genus, see Derwentia (plant).

Derwentia Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Suborder:	Stereospondyli
Infraorder:	Trematosauria
Superfamily:	Rhytidosteoidea
Family:	Rhytidosteidae
Genus:	Derwentia Cosgriff, 1974
Species
D. warreni Cosgriff, 1974 (type)

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

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References

1. ^ 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.