Pyozia

Pyozia Temporal range: Capitanian, 264.28–263 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Family:	†Varanopidae
Genus:	†Pyozia Anderson & Reisz, 2004
Species:	†P. mesenensis
Binomial name
†Pyozia mesenensis Anderson & Reisz, 2004

Pyozia is an extinct genus of basal Middle Permian varanopid synapsids known from Russia. It was first named by Jason S. Anderson and Robert R. Reisz in 2004 and the type species is Pyozia mesenensis. Pyozia mesenensis is known from the holotype PIN 3717/33, a three-dimensionally preserved partial skeleton including a nearly complete skull. It was collected from the Krasnoschelsk Formation, dating to the Capitanian stage of the Guadalupian epoch, about 264.28-263 million years ago.[1]

The cladogram below is modified after Anderson and Reisz, 2004.[1]

Varanopidae	Archaeovenator Pyozia Mycterosaurinae Varanodontinae

References

1. Jason S. Anderson and Robert R. Reisz (2004). "Pyozia mesenensis, a new, small varanopid (Synapsida, Eupelycosauria) from Russia: "pelycosaur" diversity in the Middle Permian". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (1): 173–179. Bibcode:2004JVPal..24..173A. doi:10.1671/1940-13. S2CID 59023934.