Parapytanga
Parapytanga Temporal range: Middle–Late Permian
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Rhinesuchidae (?) |
Genus: | †Parapytanga Strapasson et al., 2015 |
Species: | †P. catarinensis
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Binomial name | |
†Parapytanga catarinensis Strapasson et al., 2015
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Parapytanga is an extinct monotypic genus of temnospondyl amphibian, the type species being Parapytanga catarinensis. Parapytanga belongs to the family Rhinesuchidae. Fossils have been found in the Middle Permian Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.[1]
References[]
- ^ A. Strapasson, F. L. Pinheiro, and M. B. Soares. 2015. On a New Stereospondylomorph Temnospondyl from the Middle—Late Permian of Southern Brazil. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(4):843-855 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
Categories:
- Permian amphibians of South America
- Monotypic vertebrate genera
- Prehistoric vertebrate genera
- Taxa named by Sidney H. Haughton
- Fossil taxa described in 1925
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
- Permian animal stubs