Urupia Skutschas and Krasnolutskii 2011 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata

Full reference: P. P. Skutschas and S. A. Krasnolutskii. 2011. A new genus and species of basal salamanders from the Middle Jurassic of western Siberia, Russia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):167-175

Parent taxon: Caudata according to P. P. Skutschas and S. A. Krasnolutskii 2011

Sister taxa: Amphiumoidea, Apricosiren, Batrachosauroididae, Bishara, Comonecturoides, Comonecturoides marshi, Egoria, Galverpeton, Heteroclitotriton, Hylaeobatrachus, Karauridae, Karauroidea, Kulgeriherpeton, Marmorerpeton, Noterpetontidae, Pancryptobrancha, Plethodontoidea, Prosirenoidea, Ramonellus, Triassuridae, Urodela

Subtaxa: Urupia monstrosa

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Type: Urupia monstrosa

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Berezovsk Quarry (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

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