Tseajaia
| Tseajaia Temporal range: Permian
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| Tseajaia life reconstruction | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Diadectomorpha |
| Family: | †Tseajaiidae |
| Genus: | †Tseajaia Vaughn, 1964 |
Tseajaia is an
omnivory
.
Classification
Tseajaia was described from a single, fairly complete specimen and was given its own family by
seymouriamorph.[2] Additional finds allowing for a better taxonomic analysis indicate they belong in the Diadectomorpha, as the sister group to the large and more derived Diadectidae. Tseajaia itself being a fairly generalized form, gives a reasonable indication of the build and looks of the closest relatives of the amniotes.[3][4]
References
- ^ Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongolia by Michael Novacek
- ^ Moss, J.L. (1972): The morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Lower Permian tetrapod Tseajaia campi Vaughn (Amphibia: Seymouriamorpha). University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, vol 98, pp 1-72.
- hdl:1807/24357.
- ^ Berman, D.S, Sumida, S.S., and Lombard, R.E. (1992): Reinterpretation of the temporal and occipital regions in Diadectes and the relationship of diadectomorphs. Journal of Paleontology no 66: pp 481–499.
External links
- Tseajaia in the Paleobiology Database
