Otsheria
| Otsheria Temporal range: Middle Permian, 267 Ma | |
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| Life restoration of Otsheria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Anomodontia |
| Family: | Otsheridae |
| Genus: | Otsheria Tchudinov, 1960 |
| Type species | |
| †Otsheria netzvetajevi Tchudinov, 1960 | |
Otsheria is an extinct genus of anomodont from the Permian of Russia.[1] Otsheria had a 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long skull.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Modesto, S. P. & Rybcynski, N. The amniote faunas of the Russian Permian: implications for Late Permian terrestrial vertebrate biogeography. In Benton, M. J.; Shishkin, M. A.; Unwin, D. M.; Kurochkin, E. N. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, 2001. 672 p.
- ↑ "Otsheria netzvetajevi". Palaeocritti. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
Further reading
- The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology) by T. S. Kemp
- The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
- Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and Consensus by Hans-Peter Schultze and Linda Trueb
- Reptiles and Herbivory by G.M. King
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