Microurania

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Microurania
Temporal range: Wordian
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 Phtinosuchus.It was probably omnivorous.

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