Ruhuhuaria

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Ruhuhuaria
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Procolophonomorpha
Family: Owenettidae
Genus: Ruhuhuaria
Tsuji et al., 2013
Type species
Ruhuhuaria reiszi
Tsuji et al., 2013

Ruhuhuaria is an

generic name is derived from the name of the Ruhuhu Basin. The specific name, reiszi, honors the Canadian paleontologist Robert R. Reisz.[1]

Phylogeny

Due to the poor preservation of the holotype, the

Ruhuhuaria in a cladogram from Tsuji et al., 2013:[1]

Procolophonoidea
Owenettidae

Barasaurus

Owenetta rubidgei

Saurodektes

"Owenetta" kitchingorum

Candelaria

Ruhuhuaria

Procolophonidae

References