Pyozia

Pyozia
Temporal range: Middle Permian, 265.8–263 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Varanopidae
Genus: Pyozia
Anderson & Reisz, 2004
Species:
P. mesenensis
Binomial name
Pyozia mesenensis
Anderson & Reisz, 2004

Pyozia is an extinct genus of basal Middle Permian varanopid synapsids known from Russia. It was first named by Jason S. Anderson and Robert R. Reisz in 2004 and the type species is Pyozia mesenensis. Pyozia mesenensis is known from the holotype PIN 3717/33, a three-dimensionally preserved partial skeleton including a nearly complete skull. It was collected from the Krasnoschelsk Formation, dating to the Capitanian stage of the Guadalupian epoch, about 265.8-263 million years ago.

The cladogram below is modified after Anderson and Reisz, 2004.

Varanopidae

Archaeovenator

Pyozia

Mycterosaurinae

Varanodontinae



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