Utegenia

Utegenia is a genus of early tetrapod. It is usually regarded as a basal seymouriamorph,<ref>Laurin,M. A reappraisal of Utegenia, a Permo-Carboniferous seymouriamorph (Tetrapoda: Batrachosauria) from Kazakhstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16(3):374-383 (1996)</ref> but sometimes included in the Discosauriscidae or as a sister taxon of the latter.<ref>Klembara J.; Ruta M. The seymouriamorph tetrapod Utegenia shpinari from the ?Upper Carboniferous–Lower Permian of Kazakhstan. Part II: Postcranial anatomy and relationships. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, Vol. 94, 1, pp. 75-93(19) (2004)</ref> Only one species, Utegenia shpinari, found from Kazakhstan, is known.<ref>Laurin, Michel. 1996. Utegenia shpinari. Version 1 January 1996. http://tolweb.org/Utegenia_shpinari/17542/1996.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/</ref> Urumqia, another basal seymouriamorph, from Urumqi, Xinjiang of China<ref name=Zhang1984>Template:Cite journal</ref> is probably a junior synonym of Utegenia.<ref name=Ivakhnenko87>Template:Cite journal</ref>