Microurania
Extinct genus of therapsids
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Microurania is an extinct genus of therapsids from the Middle Permian first named and described by Mikhaïl Ivakhnenko.[1] It is known from a single partial skull found in the region of Orenburg, Russia. According to Kammerer, 2011, it likely represents the remains of a juvenile dinocephalian.[2]
| Microurania Temporal range: Wordian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Genus: | †Microurania Ivakhnenko, 1995 |
| Species: | †M. minima |
| Binomial name | |
| †Microurania minima Ivakhnenko, 1995 | |
Skull
Microurania was small, with a skull of about 5 cm in length, though the postorbital portion of the skull is missing.[1] It has a leaf-like postcanine tooth similar to the one on Phthinosuchus. It was probably omnivorous.
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