Dromotectum

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Dromotectum
Temporal range: Late Permian–Early Triassic
Dromotectum spinosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Reptiliomorpha (?)
Order: Chroniosuchia
Family: Bystrowianidae
Genus: Dromotectum
Novikov & Shishkin, 2000
Species
  • D. spinosum Novikov & Shishkin, 2000 (type)
  • D. largum Liu et al., 2014
Synonyms
  • Dromotectus Novikov, 2018 (sic)[1]

Dromotectum is an

generic name means “corridor with hipped vault” (dromos in Greek) + “roof” (tecton), and the specific name means “spinous” (spinosum in Latin).[2] A second species, D. largum, was named by Liu Jun, Xu Li, Jia Song-Hai, Pu Han-Yong, and Liu Xiao-Ling in 2014 from the Shangshihezi Formation near Jiyuan in Henan province, China on the basis of specimen IVPP V 4013.1, a large scute.[3]

References

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  2. ^ I.V. Novikov & M.A. Shishkin (2000). "Triassic chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) and the evolution of trunk dermal scutes in bystrowianids". Paleontological Journal. 34 (2): 165–178.
  3. ^ Jun Liu; Li Xu; Song-Hai Jia; Han-Yong Pu; Xiao-Ling Liu (2014). "The Jiyuan tetrapod fauna of the Upper Permian of China—2. stratigraphy, taxonomical review, and correlation" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 52 (3): 328–339.