Dolerosaurus

Dolerosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 231–228 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Romeriida
Clade: Diapsida
Genus: Dolerosaurus
Butler, 2013
Type species
Francosuchus trauthi
Huene, 1939

Dolerosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid known from the early Late Triassic (late Carnian stage) upper Lunz Formation of Austria. Dolerosaurus was first named by Richard J. Butler in 2013 and the type species is Francosuchus trauthi.[1]

  1. ^ Butler, R. J. (2013). "'Francosuchus trauthi is not Paleorhinus: Implications for Late Triassic vertebrate biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (4): 858–864. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.740542. S2CID 86386615.