Pamelina

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Pamelina
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Restoration of the skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Kuehneosauridae
Genus: Pamelina
Evans, 2009
Species

P. polonica Evans, 2009 (type)

Pamelina is an extinct genus of basal kuehneosaurid known from Early Triassic (Olenekian age) rocks of Czatkowice 1, Poland.[1] It was first named by Susan E. Evans in 2009 and the type species is Pamelina polonica. It is the oldest known member of Kuehneosauridae. The vertebrae have characteristics consistent with gliding or parachuting.[1]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Evans (2009).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Susan E. Evans (2009). "An early kuehneosaurid reptile (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Early Triassic of Poland" (PDF). Paleontologica Polonica. 65: 145–178..