Utegenia
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Utegenia is a genus
of early tetrapod
. It is usually regarded as a basal
seymouriamorph
, but sometimes included in the Discosauriscidae
or as a sister taxon of the latter. Only one species, Utegenia shpinari, found from Kazakhstan
, is known. Urumqia, another basal seymouriamorph, from Urumqi
, Xinjiang
of China
is probably a junior synonym of Utegenia.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of early tetrapod
Tetrapod
Tetrapods are vertebrate animals having four limbs. Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all tetrapods; even snakes and other limbless reptiles and amphibians are tetrapods by descent. The earliest tetrapods evolved from the lobe-finned fishes in the Devonian...
. It is usually regarded as a basal
Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, a basal clade is the earliest clade to branch in a larger clade; it appears at the base of a cladogram.A basal group forms an outgroup to the rest of the clade, such as in the following example:...
seymouriamorph
Seymouriamorpha
Seymouriamorpha were a small but widespread group of reptiliomorphs. Many seymouriamorphs were terrestrial or semi-aquatic. However, aquatic larvae bearing external gills and grooves from the lateral line system has been found, making them unquestionably amphibians. The adults were terrestrial...
, but sometimes included in the Discosauriscidae
Discosauriscidae
Discosauriscidae is a family of reptiliomorphs of the early Permian group Seymouriamorpha....
or as a sister taxon of the latter. Only one species, Utegenia shpinari, found from Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, is known. Urumqia, another basal seymouriamorph, from Urumqi
Ürümqi
Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country....
, Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
of China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
is probably a junior synonym of Utegenia.