Venjukovia

Venjukovia is an extinct genus of therapsids from the Middle Permian of Russia.[1] Venjukovia is known from many partial skull remains and was a common animal from the Isheevo fauna in Russia. Venjukovia had a 12 centimetres (4.7 in) long skull.[2]

V. prima skull.

Venjukovia
Temporal range: Middle Permian, 267 Ma
Life restoration of Venjukovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Family: Venyukoviidae
Genus: Venjukovia
Amalitskii, 1922
Species:
V. prima
Binomial name
Venjukovia prima
Amalitskii, 1922

See also

References

  1. King, G. M. (1994). "The early anomodont Venjukovia and the evolution of the anomodont skull". Journal of Zoology. 232 (4): 651. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb04620.x.
  2. "Venjukovia prima". Palaeocritti. Retrieved 21 December 2014.


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