Tseajaia

Tseajaia
Temporal range:
Life restoration of Tseajaia campi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Diadectomorpha
Family: Tseajaiidae
Vaughn, 1964
Genus: Tseajaia
Vaughn, 1964
Species:
T. campi
Binomial name
Tseajaia campi
Vaughn, 1964

Tseajaia is an extinct genus of diadectomorph tetrapod from the Early Permian of western North America. The skeleton is that of a medium-sized, rather advanced reptile-like animal. In life it was about 1 metre (3 ft) long and may have looked vaguely like an iguana. The dentition was somewhat blunt, indicating herbivory or possibly omnivory. It contains a single known species, Tseajaia campi.