Chroniosaurus

Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs

Chroniosaurus
Temporal range: 255 Ma
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Upper Permian
C. dongusensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Reptiliomorpha (?)
Order: Chroniosuchia
Family: Chroniosuchidae
Genus: Chroniosaurus
Tverdochlebova, 1972
Species
  • C. dongusensis Tverdokhlebova, 1972 (type)
  • C. levis Golubev, 1998
Restoration of C. dongusensis

Chroniosaurus is an extinct genus of chroniosuchid reptiliomorph from upper Permian (upper Tatarian age) deposits of Novgorod, Orenburg and Vologda Regions, Russia.[1] It was first named by Tverdokhlebova in 1972 and the type species is Chroniosaurus dongusensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b V. K. Golubev (1998). "Revision of the Late Permian Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from Eastern Europe" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 32 (4): 390–401.
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Reptiliomorpha (Pan‑Amniota)
Tetrapodomorpha
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Reptiliomorpha
    • see below↓
Chroniosuchia?
Bystrowianidae
Chroniosuchidae
Seymouriamorpha?
"Microsauria"?
Diadectomorpha?
Diadectidae
"Protorothyrididae"
Araeoscelidia
Captorhinidae
Moradisaurinae
Amniota
(crown group)
Synapsida (Pan‑Mammalia)
Sauropsida (Pan‑Reptilia)
Bystrowiana permira

Seymouria baylorensis Westlothiana lizziae Diadectes sideropelicus Petrolacosaurus kansensis

Labidosaurus hamatus
Taxon identifiers
Chroniosaurus


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