Kingdom Animalia Subfamily †Melosaurinae Rank Genus | Family †Archegosauridae Phylum Chordata Order Temnospondyli | |
Similar Tryphosuchus, Konzhukovia, Collidosuchus, Intasuchus, Bageherpeton | ||
Uralosuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Permian of Russia, belonging to the group Archegosauroidea. It is a member of the archegosauroidean subfamily Melosaurinae. Fossils have been found in Orenburg Oblast. Uralosuchus was named in 1993 with the description of the type species U. tverdochlebovae.
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram modified from Ruta et al. (2007) showing the relationship of Uralosuchus to other archegosauroids:
References
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