''Uralosuchus'' is an extinct genus of

temnospondyl Temnospondyli (from Greek language, Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') is a diverse order (biology), order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered Labyrinthodontia, primitive amphi ...

amphibian from the Late Permian of Russia, belonging to the group

Archegosauroidea Archegosauroidea is an extinct superfamily of Permian temnospondyls. The superfamily is assigned to the clade Stereospondylomorpha and is the sister taxon to the suborder Stereospondyli. It includes the families Actinodontidae and Archegosauridae ...

. It is a member of the archegosauroidean subfamily

Melosaurinae Melosaurinae is an extinct subfamily of temnospondyl amphibians, part of the family Archegosauridae. Most melosaurines are known from Russia, although an unnamed species has been found in Brazil. Unlike the long-skulled archegosaurids of the fami ...

. Fossils have been found in

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...

. ''Uralosuchus'' was named in 1993 with the description of the type species ''U. tverdochlebovae''.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Ruta ''et al.'' (2007) showing the relationship of ''Uralosuchus'' to other archegosauroids:

References

Permian temnospondyls Fossils of Russia Prehistoric amphibian genera {{temnospondyli-stub