Chthonosaurus
Chthonosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian
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Life restoration of Chthonosaurus velocidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Therocephalia |
Clade: | †Eutherocephalia |
Genus: | †Chthonosaurus Vjuschkov 1955 |
Type species | |
†Chthonosaurus velocidens Vjuschkov 1955
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Chthonosaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian Kutulukskaya Formation of Russia. It belongs to the family Akidnognathidae. The type species Chthonosaurus velocidens was named in 1955.[1]
References
- ^ Ivakhnenko, M.F. (2011). "Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 45 (9): 981–1144. doi:10.1134/S0031030111090012.