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Uruyiella fossil map

Where fossils of Uruyiella have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 215 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 215 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived237–201.4 million years ago (Carnian to Rhaetian)
PeriodsTriassic
FamilyLaidleriidae
Named byPineiro et al. 2007
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inUruguay
Rock formationsBuena Vista

About Uruyiella

Uruyiella is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Late Permian to Early Triassic Buena Vista Formation of Uruguay. It was first named by Graciela Piñeiro, Claudia Marsicano, and Nora Lorenzo in 2007, from a partial skull; the type and only species is Uruyiella liminea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Uruyiella (revision 1374793979), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q7901570.

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