''Procolina'' is an
extinct genus
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of
procolophonid
Procolophonidae is an extinct family of small, lizard-like parareptiles known from the Late Permian to Late Triassic that were distributed across Pangaea, having been reported from Europe, North America, China, South Africa, South America, Antar ...
parareptile
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known from partial remains found in
Early Triassic
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(
Olenekian
In the geologic timescale, the Olenekian is an age in the Early Triassic epoch; in chronostratigraphy, it is a stage in the Lower Triassic series. It spans the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago). The Olenekian is sometimes divid ...
age) rocks of
Czatkowice 1 Czatkowice may refer to:
* Czatkowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Gmina Krzeszowice, in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (S Poland)
* Czatkowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Gmina Milicz, Milicz County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship ...
,
Poland
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.
[.] It was first named by Magdalena Borsuk−Białynicka; and Mariusz Lubka in 2009 and the type species is ''Procolina teresae''
References
Procolophonines
Triassic parareptiles
Fossil taxa described in 2009
Early Triassic reptiles of Europe
Prehistoric reptile genera
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