''Otsheria'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
anomodont
Anomodontia is an extinct group of non-mammalian therapsids from the Permian and Triassic periods. By far the most speciose group are the dicynodonts, a clade of beaked, tusked herbivores.Chinsamy-Turan, A. (2011) ''Forerunners of Mammals: Ra ...
from the
Permian
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of
Russia
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.
[Modesto, S. P. & Rybcynski, N]
''The amniote faunas of the Russian Permian: implications for Late Permian terrestrial vertebrate biogeography''
''In'' Benton, M. J.; Shishkin, M. A.; Unwin, D. M.; Kurochkin, E. N. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, 2001. 672 p. ''Otsheria'' had a long skull.
See also
*
List of therapsids
References
Further reading
*''The Origin and Evolution of Mammals (Oxford Biology)'' by T. S. Kemp
*''The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia'' by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
*''Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and Consensus'' by Hans-Peter Schultze and Linda Trueb
*''Reptiles and Herbivory'' by G.M. King
Anomodont genera
Guadalupian synapsids
Guadalupian genus first appearances
Guadalupian genus extinctions
Prehistoric synapsids of Europe
Permian Russia
Fossils of Russia
Fossil taxa described in 1960
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