Biology:Bystrowiana

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Bystrowiana
Temporal range: Lopingian to Early Triassic
Bystrowiana permira1DB 2.jpg
Bystrowiana permira
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Reptiliomorpha
Order: Chroniosuchia
Family: Bystrowianidae
Genus: Bystrowiana
Vyushkov, 1957
Species
  • B. permira Vyushkov, 1957 (type)
  • B. sinica Young, 1979

Bystrowiana is an extinct genus of bystrowianid chroniosuchian from upper Permian deposits of Vladimir Region, Russia [1] and Jiyuan, China .[2] Chroniosuchians are often thought to be reptiliomorphs,[3] but some recent phylogenetic analyses suggest instead that they are stem-tetrapods.[4] The genus is named in honour of Dr. Alexey Bystrow, who was a Russian paleontologist. It was first named by Vyushkov in 1957 and the type species is Bystrowiana permira.[1] Two species—B. permira and B. sinica—are known.[5]

Bystrowiana is known from a 30 cm skull, which suggests it was a large animal, up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in total body length.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 V. K. Golubev (1998). "Narrow-armored Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Late Permian of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal 32 (3): 278–287. http://golubeff.narod.ru/PF/016e_Golubev_1998_Chroniosuchia_Permian_Russia.pdf. 
  2. Young, C.C. (1979). "A new Late Permian fauna from Jiyuan, Honan". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17 (2): 99–113. 
  3. Michael Buchwitz; Christian Foth; Ilja Kogan; Sebastian Voigt (2012). "On the use of osteoderm features in a phylogenetic approach on the internal relationships of the Chroniosuchia (Tetrapoda: Reptiliomorpha)". Palaeontology 55 (3): 623–640. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01137.x. 
  4. Laurin, M. (2010). How Vertebrates Left the Water. Berkeley, California, USA.: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26647-6. 
  5. Florian Witzmann; Rainer R. Schoch; Michael W. Maisch (2008). "A relict basal tetrapod from Germany: first evidence of a Triassic chroniosuchian outside Russia". Naturwissenschaften 95 (1): 67–72. doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0291-6. PMID 17653527. Bibcode2008NW.....95...67W. http://doc.rero.ch/record/15573/files/PAL_E3000.pdf. 
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Wikidata ☰ Q4035534 entry