Ukrainurus

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Ukrainurus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Caudata
Clade: Pancryptobrancha
Genus: Ukrainurus
Vasilyan et al., 2013
Type species
Ukrainurus hypsognathus
Vasilyan et al., 2013

Ukrainurus is an extinct genus of pancryptobranchan urodelan known from the Miocene of Grytsiv locality, Ukraine. It contains a single species, Ukrainurus hypsognathus.[1]

References

  1. Vasilyan, D.; Böhme, M.; Chkhikvadze, V. M.; Semenov, Y. A.; Joyce, W. G. (2013). "A new giant salamander (Urodela, Pancryptobrancha) from the Miocene of Eastern Europe (Grytsiv, Ukraine)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (2): 301. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.722151. 
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