Biology:Pamelina

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Pamelina
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Restoration of the skull
Scientific classification e
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]

 
 
 
 
 

Lepidosauria

 
 

Sophineta

 
 
 

Marmoretta

 
 
 
 
 

Kuehneosauridae

 
 

Pamelina

 
 
 

Drepanosauridae

 
 
 
 
 
 

Archosauromorpha

 
 

Choristodera

 
 
 
 
 

Sauropterygia

 
 

Testudines

 
 
 

Ichthyosauria

 
 
 

Thalattosauria

 
 
 
 

Protorosaurus

 
 
 

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7129291 entry