Utegenia shpinari Kuznetsov and Ivakhnenko 1981 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Seymouriamorpha - Utegeniidae

Synonym: Urumqia liudaowanensis Zhang et al. 1984

Full reference: V. V. Kuznetsov and M. F. Ivakhnenko. 1981. Discosauriscids from the Upper Paleozoic in Southern Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 1981:101-108

Belongs to Utegenia according to V. V. Bulanov 2003

See also Kuznetsov and Ivakhnenko 1981 and Zhang et al. 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Utegenia shpinari: PIN 2078-1, a skeleton. Its type locality is Kurty locality, PIN 2078, which is in an Asselian/Kungurian lacustrine siltstone in the Kugaly Formation of Kazakhstan.
  • Urumqia liudaowanensis: XMGM 6. Its type locality is Liudaowan, Urumqi, which is in a Guadalupian terrestrial horizon in the Lucaogou Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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