Parapytanga is an extinct monotypic genus of temnospondyl, the type species being Parapytanga catarinensis. Parapytanga belongs to the family Rhinesuchidae. Fossils have been found in the Middle Permian Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.[1]
Parapytanga Temporal range: Middle–Late Permian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Rhinesuchidae (?) |
Genus: | †Parapytanga Strapasson et al., 2015 |
Species: | †P. catarinensis
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Binomial name | |
†Parapytanga catarinensis Strapasson et al., 2015
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References
edit- ^ A. Strapasson, F. L. Pinheiro, and M. B. Soares. 2015. On a New Stereospondylomorph Temnospondyl from the Middle—Late Permian of Southern Brazil. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(4):843-855 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]