Osmolskina
Extinct genus of reptiles
title: "Osmolskina" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["euparkeriidae", "early-triassic-reptiles-of-europe", "fossil-taxa-described-in-2003", "fossils-of-poland", "prehistoric-reptile-genera"] description: "Extinct genus of reptiles" topic_path: "geography/poland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmolskina" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct genus of reptiles ::
| fossil_range = Early Triassic | image = Osmolskina.jpg | image_caption = Fossil elements | taxon = Osmolskina | authority = Borsuk−Białynicka & Evans, 2003 | type_species = Osmolskina czatkowicensis | type_species_authority = Borsuk−Białynicka & Evans, 2003
Osmolskina is a genus of archosauriform reptile which lived during the Early Triassic in what is now Poland. The type species, Osmolskina czatkowicensis, was described by Magdalena Borsuk−Białynicka and Susan Evans in 2003. The generic name honors the late female Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmólska.
Resemblance to Euparkeria
Osmolskina closely resembles the well-known genus Euparkeria. The authors of the 2003 paper considered classifying Osmolskina within the family Euparkeriidae, noting the animal's close resemblance to Euparkeria, but concluded that "Euparkeriidae remains monotypic because no other genus can be assigned to it with confidence."
References
References
- Borsuk-Białynicka, Magdalena. (2003). "A basal archosauriform from the Early Triassic of Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
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