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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