Urupia
| Urupia monstrosa Temporal range: Bathonian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Genus: | Urupia Skutschas & Krasnolutskii, 2011 |
| Species: | U. monstrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Urupia monstrosa Skutschas & Krasnolutskii, 2011 | |
Urupia is an extinct genus of salamander which existed in what is now Russia during the Bathonian epoch of the Middle Jurassic. It was described by P. P. Skutschas and S. A. Krasnolutskii in 2011, and the type species is U. monstrosa.[1]
References
- ↑ P. P. Skutschas & S. A. Krasnolutskii (2011). "A new genus and species of basal salamanders from the Middle Jurassic of western Siberia, Russia" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 315 (2): 167–175.