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Uralosuchus

Uralosuchus
Temporal range: Late Permian
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:

Sclerocephalus haeuseri

Syndyodosuchus tetricus

Cheliderpeton vrayni

Cheliderpeton latirostre

Intasuchus silvicola

Konzhukovia vetusta

Tryphosuchus paucidens

Koinia silantjevi

Melosaurus uralensis

Uralosuchus tverdochlebovae

Archegosaurus dyscriton

Archegosaurus decheni

Collidosuchus tchudinovi

Kashmirosaurus ornatus


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