Venjukovia

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

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.

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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