Pyozia
Name: Pyozia.
Phonetic: Pie-oh-ze-ah.
Named By: J. S. Anderson & R. R.
Reisz - 2004.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Eupelycosauria, Varanopidae.
Species: P. mesenensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia - Krasnoshchel'
Formation.
Time period: Roadian/Wordian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skull and
partial post cranial skeleton.
Pyozia is a genus of varanopid pelycosaur that lived in Russia during the Permian.
Further reading
- Pyozia mesenensis, a New, Small Vapanopid (Synapsida:
Eupelycosauria) from Russia: ‘‘Pelycosaur’’ Diversity in the
Middle Permian. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
24(1):173-179. - J. S. Anderson & R. R.
Reisz - 2004.
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