Microurania
Microurania Temporal range: Wordian | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Synapsida |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | Biarmosuchia |
Family: | Microuraniidae Ivakhnenko, 1995 |
Genus: | Microurania Ivakhnenko, 1995 |
Species: | M. minima |
Binomial name | |
Microurania minima Ivakhnenko, 1995 | |
Microurania is an extinct genus of therapsid from the Middle Permian. It is known from a single partial skull found in the region of Orenburg, Russia.
Skull
Microurania was small, with a skull of about 5 cm in length. It has a leaf-like postcanine tooth similar to the one on Phthinosuchus. It was probably omnivorous.
See also
External links
- Microurania minima at Palaeocritti
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