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Chroniosaurus Temporal range: Upper Permian
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C. dongusensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Reptiliomorpha (?) |
Order: | †Chroniosuchia |
Family: | †Chroniosuchidae |
Genus: | †Chroniosaurus Tverdochlebova, 1972 |
Species | |
Chroniosaurus is an extinct genus of chroniosuchid stegocephalian, often considered a reptiliomorph[1] but possibly a stem-tetrapod,[2] from upper Permian (upper Tatarian age) deposits of Novgorod, Orenburg and Vologda Regions, Russia.[3] It was first named by Tverdokhlebova in 1972 and the type species is Chroniosaurus dongusensis.[3]
Its lifestyle is uncertain. An early study suggested a fairly aquatic lifestyle,[4] but its femoral microanatomy[5] and dorsal dermal plates[6] suggest a rather terrestrial lifestyle.
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