Karpinskiosauridae
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''Karpinskiosaurus'' is an
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
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seymouriamorph Seymouriamorpha were a small but widespread group of limbed vertebrates (tetrapods). They have long been considered reptiliomorphs, and most paleontologists may still accept this point of view, but some analyses suggest that seymouriamorphs are s ...
s. It includes two species: ''Karpinskiosaurus secundus'' and ''Karpinskiosaurus ultimus''. ''Karpinskiosaurus secundus'' is represented by two specimens with skull lengths of about 75 mm. All specimens of ''K. ultimus'' are smaller than those of ''K. secundus''. Total length of the reptiliomorph was about 50–75 cm.


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Seymouriamorphs Permian tetrapods of Asia Basal tetrapods of Europe {{paleo-amphibian-stub