''Dolabrosaurus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of extinct reptile and a member of the
family
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Drepanosauridae.
Fossils of ''Dolabrosaurus'' have been found in the
Chinle Formation
The Chinle Formation is an Upper Triassic continental geological formation of fluvial, lacustrine, and palustrine to eolian deposits spread across the U.S. states of Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, western New Mexico, and western Colorado. In ...
of New Mexico.
[''Dolabrosaurus'']
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References
Drepanosaurs
Late Triassic reptiles of North America
Norian life
Fossils of the United States
Fossil taxa described in 1992
Prehistoric reptile genera
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