Uruyiella
| Uruyiella Temporal range: Late Permian or Early Triassic
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Laidleriidae |
| Genus: | †Uruyiella Piñeiro et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| †U. liminea Piñeiro et al., 2007
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Uruyiella is an extinct genus of laidleriid temnospondyl from the Late Permian to Early Triassic Buena Vista Formation of Uruguay.[1] It was first named by Graciela Piñeiro, Claudia Marsicano and Nora Lorenzo in 2007, from a nearly complete skull. The type species is Uruyiella liminea and it is the only close relative of the enigmatic Early Triassic Laidleria.[1]
References
- ^ a b Graciela Piñeiro; Claudia Marsicano; Nora Lorenzo (2007). "A new temnospondyl from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista Formation of Uruguay". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 627–640. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00645.x. hdl:11336/93656.