Venjukovia

Ven-yu-ko-ve-ah.
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Name

Venjukovia.

Phonetic

Ven-yu-ko-ve-ah.

Named By

V.‭ ‬Amalitskii‭ ‬-‭ ‬1922.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Amniota,‭ ‬Synapsida.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

V.‭ ‬prima‭

Size

Skull about‭ ‬12‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Russia.

Time Period

Mid Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial skull.

In Depth

       Venjukovia was a genus of synapsid that lived in Russia during the mid-Permian.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Diagnoses of the new forms of vertebrates and plants from the Upper Permian of North Dvina:‭ ‬Bulletin de l’Academie des Sciences,‭ ‬Saint Petersburg,‭ ‬v.‭ ‬6,‭ ‬n.‭ ‬16,‭ ‬p.‭ ‬329-340.‭ ‬-‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Amalitskii‭ ‬-‭ ‬1922. -‭ ‬The early anomodont Venjukovia and the evolution of the anomodont skull‭”‬.‭ ‬Journal of Zoology‭ ‬232‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬651.‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬King‭ ‬-‭ ‬1994.

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