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Utegenia
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Utegenia is a genus of early tetrapod. It is usually regarded as a basal seymouriamorph,[1] but sometimes included in the Discosauriscidae or as a sister taxon of the latter.[2] Only one species, Utegenia shpinari, found from Kazakhstan, is known.[3] Urumqia, another basal seymouriamorph, from Ürümqi, Xinjiang of China[4] is probably a junior synonym of Utegenia.[5]
Quick Facts Utegenia Temporal range: Permian, Scientific classification ...
Utegenia Temporal range: Permian | |
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Fossil, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Seymouriamorpha |
Family: | †Utegeniidae |
Genus: | †Utegenia Kuznetsov & Ivakhnenko, 1981 |
Species: | †U. shpinari |
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†Utegenia shpinari Kuznetsov & Ivakhnenko, 1981 | |
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