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Extinct genus of amphibians

Ukrainurus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Clade: Pancryptobrancha
Genus: †Ukrainurus
Vasilyan et al., 2013
Type species
†Ukrainurus hypsognathus
Vasilyan et al., 2013

Ukrainurus is an extinct genus of pancryptobranchan urodelan known from the Miocene of Hrytsiv locality, Ukraine. It contains a single species, Ukrainurus hypsognathus.

References

  1. Vasilyan, D.; Böhme, M.; Chkhikvadze, V. M.; Semenov, Y. A.; Joyce, W. G. (2013). "A new giant salamander (Urodela, Pancryptobrancha) from the Miocene of Eastern Europe (Grytsiv, Ukraine)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (2): 301. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33..301V. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.722151. S2CID 85930910.
Taxon identifiers
Ukrainurus


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