Urupia

Urupia is an extinct genus of salamander in what is now Russia from the Bathonian aged Itat Formation. It was described by P. P. Skutschas and S. A. Krasnolutskii in 2011, and the type species is U. monstrosa.[1]

Urupia monstrosa
Temporal range: Bathonian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Urodela
Genus:
Urupia

Skutschas & Krasnolutskii, 2011
Species:
U. monstrosa
Binomial name
Urupia monstrosa
Skutschas & Krasnolutskii, 2011

References
  1. P. P. Skutschas & S. A. Krasnolutskii (2011). "A new genus and species of basal salamanders from the Middle Jurassic of western Siberia, Russia" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 315 (2): 167–175.


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