| Lanthanolania | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Neodiapsida |
| Genus: | †Lanthanolania Reisz & Modesto,2003 |
| Type species | |
| †Lanthanolania ivakhnenkoi Reisz & Modesto, 2003 | |
Lanthanolania (meaning "forgotten butcher") is anextinctgenus of early reptile fromMiddle Permian[1] (Wordian stage, or uppermost Kazanian inEastern Europe) deposits ofArkhangelsk Oblast,Russia. It is known from theholotype and only specimen PIN 162/56, a nearly completeskull from the Glyadnaya Shchelya locality,Mezen river in Mesen District. It was first named bySean P. Modesto andRobert R. Reisz in2003 and thetype species isLanthanolania ivakhnenkoi.[2]
Cladogram after Reisz, Modesto & Scott, 2011:[1]
In 2025, Jenkins et al. identifiedLanthanolania as the earliest-diverging member of theMillerettidae within theneoreptilian cladeParapleurota, outside ofNeodiapsida. These results are displayed in the cladogram below:[3]
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