Lanthanolania

Lanthanolania (meaning "forgotten butcher") is an extinct genus of diapsid from Middle Permian[1] (Wordian stage, or uppermost Kazanian in Eastern Europe) deposits of Arkhangel'sk Province, Russia. It is known from the holotype and only specimen PIN 162/56, a nearly complete skull from the Glyadnaya Shchelya locality, Mezen river in Mesen District. It was first named by Sean P. Modesto and Robert R. Reisz in 2003 and the type species is Lanthanolania ivakhnenkoi.[2]

Lanthanolania Temporal range: Wordian, 266 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Neodiapsida
Genus:	†Lanthanolania Reisz & Modesto, 2003
Type species
†Lanthanolania ivakhnenkoi Reisz & Modesto, 2003

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Reisz, Modesto & Scott, 2011:[1]

	Captorhinidae   Diapsida   Araeoscelidia   Neodiapsida   Orovenator       Lanthanolania       Tangasauridae       Younginidae       Claudiosaurus     Sauria

References

1. Robert R. Reisz, Sean P. Modesto and Diane M. Scott (2011). "A new Early Permian reptile and its significance in early diapsid evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1725): 3731–3737. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0439. PMC 3203498. PMID 21525061.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
2. Sean P. Modesto and Robert R. Reisz (2003). "An enigmatic new diapsid reptile from the Upper Permian of Eastern Europe". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (4): 851–855. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0851:AENDRF]2.0.CO;2.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)