Microurania

My-krow-a-ne-ah.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2015, December 3). Microurania. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/microurania/

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Name

Microurania.

Phonetic

My-krow-a-ne-ah.

Named By

M.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ivakhnenko‭ ‬-‭ ‬1995.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Biarmosuchia,‭ ‬Microuraniidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

M.‭ ‬minima‭

Size

Skull reconstructed to be about‭ ‬5‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Russia.

Time Period

Wordian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial skull.

In Depth

       Microurania is a genus of biarmosuchian therapsid that lived in Russia during the Permian.‭ ‬As a biarmosuchian,‭ ‬Microurania is expected to have been a predator,‭ ‬and given the small size of the holotype skull,‭ ‬possibly of smaller vertebrates.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New primitive therapsids from the Permian of Eastern Europe.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontol.‭ ‬Zh‭ (‬4‭)‬,‭ ‬pp.‭ ‬110‭–‬119.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ivakhnenko‭ ‬-‭ ‬1995.

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