Pyozia

Name: Pyozia.
Phonetic: Pie-oh-ze-ah.
Named By: J.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Anderson‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Reisz‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Eupelycosauria,‭ ‬Varanopidae.
Species: P.‭ ‬mesenensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Krasnoshchel‭' ‬Formation.
Time period: Roadian/Wordian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skull and partial post cranial skeleton.

       Pyozia is a genus of varanopid pelycosaur that lived in Russia during the Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Pyozia mesenensis,‭ ‬a New,‭ ‬Small Vapanopid‭ (‬Synapsida:‭ ‬Eupelycosauria‭) ‬from Russia:‭ ‘‘‬Pelycosaur‭’’ ‬Diversity in the Middle Permian.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬24‭(‬1‭)‬:173-179.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Anderson‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Reisz‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.



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