Czatkowiella
Name:
Czatkowiella
(From Czatkowice).
Phonetic: Zat-ko-we-el-la.
Named By: Magdalena Borsuk−Białynicka &
Susan E. Evans - 2009.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauromorpha.
Species: C. harae (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Poland - Czatkowice quarry.
Time period: Olenekian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Holotype almost complete
right maxilla. Remains of several other individuals known.
A possible relative of Protorosaurus, Czatkowiella was a quadrupedal archosauromorph reptile with a proportionately long neck for its body. The genus name Czatkowiella is named after the Czatkowice assemblage, while the type species, C. harae, is in honour of Ewa Hara who prepared the fossil for study.
Further reading
- A long−necked archosauromorph from the Early Triassic of Poland. -
Paleontologica Polonica. 65: 203–234. - Magdalena Borsuk−Białynicka
& Susan E. Evans - 2009.
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