Procuhy
Name: Procuhy.
Phonetic: Pro-cu-he.
Named By: J. C. Cisneros, C. Marsicano,
K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, M. Richter, J.
Frobisch, C. F. Kammerer & R. W. Sadleir -
2015.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia,
Temnospondyli.
Species: P. nazariensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Insectivore?
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Brazil - Lower Pedra de Fogo
Formation.
Time period: Kungurian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial skull. Lower jaw
bone
Although
known only from partial skull remains and a single jaw bone, the
Procuhy holotype fossils seems to have come from a
smaller temnospondyl
amphibian.
Further reading
- New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana. - Nature
Communications 6(8676). - J. C. Cisneros, C.
Marsicano, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, M.
Richter, J. Frobisch, C. F. Kammerer & R. W.
Sadleir - 2015.
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