Rugarhynchos sixmilensis Heckert et al. 2012

Reptilia - Diapsida - Doswelliidae

Alternative combination: Doswellia sixmilensis

Full reference: A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, and J. A. Spielmann. 2012. A new species of the enigmatic archosauromorph Doswellia from the Upper Triassic Bluewater Creek Formation, New Mexico, USA. Palaeontology 55(6):1333-1348

Belongs to Rugarhynchos according to B. M. Wynd et al. 2020

See also Heckert et al. 2012 and Sues et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMMNH P-61909, a partial skeleton (portions of the skull and lower jaws, several centra, and osteoderms, as well as two possible limb bone fragments). Its type locality is Sixmile Canyon, near Gallup, NMMNH L-5700, which is in a Norian terrestrial mudstone in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.

Distribution: found only at Sixmile Canyon, near Gallup, NMMNH L-5700

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