Chthonosaurus
Chthonosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
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Life restoration of Chthonosaurus velocidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Therocephalia |
Clade: | †Eutherocephalia |
Genus: | †Chthonosaurus Vjuschkov 1955 |
Type species | |
†Chthonosaurus velocidens Vjuschkov 1955
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Chthonosaurus is an extinct genus of eutherocephalian[1] therapsids from the Late Permian of Russia. The type species Chthonosaurus velocidens was named in 1955.[2]
References[]
- ^ Huttenlocker, Adam K.; Sidor, Christian A.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D. (20 Jul 2015). "A new eutherocephalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (online). doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.969400.
- ^ Ivakhnenko, M.F. (2011). "Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 45 (9): 981–1144. doi:10.1134/S0031030111090012.
Categories:
- Eutherocephalians
- Therocephalia genera
- Lopingian synapsids of Europe
- Fossils of Russia
- Fossil taxa described in 1955
- Prehistoric therapsid stubs