Uralosuchus Temporal range: Late Permian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Archegosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Melosaurinae |
Genus: |
†Uralosuchus Gubin, 1993 |
Type species | |
†Uralosuchus tverdochlebovae Gubin, 1993 |
Uralosuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Permian of Russia, belonging to the group Archegosauroidea. It is a member of the archegosauroidean subfamily Melosaurinae. Fossils have been found in Orenburg Oblast. Uralosuchus was named in 1993 with the description of the type species U. tverdochlebovae.
Below is a cladogram modified from Ruta et al. (2007) showing the relationship of Uralosuchus to other archegosauroids:
Uralosuchus tverdochlebovae