Chroniosuchidae
| Chroniosuchidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Chroniosuchia |
| Family: | †Chroniosuchidae Vjuschkov, 1957 |
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The Chroniosuchidae are a family of semi-aquatic reptiliomorp amphibians found in sediments from the upper Permian and the upper Triassic periods, most in Russia. They were generally rather large animals, with long jaws similar to those found in modern crocodiles, and probably lived a similar life style as riverside piscivores and ambush predators. Like all Chroniosuchians, they bore extensive osteoderm armour on their backs, possibly as protection against terrestrial predators such as the Permian therapsids and the Triassic Rauisuchians.
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References
- ^ a b "New Anthracosaur and Temnospondyl Amphibians from Gansu, China - The Fifth Report on Late Permian Dashankou Lower Tetrapod Fauna" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 37 (3): 234–247. 1999.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "Revision of the Late Permian Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from Eastern Europe" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 32 (4): 390–401. 1998.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of chroniosuchian relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (3): 515–530. 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00613.x.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "Narrow-armored Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Late Permian of Eastern Europe" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 32 (3): 278–287. 1998.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "A New Narrow-Armored Chroniosuchian (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Upper Permian of Eastern Europe" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 33 (2): 166–173. 1999.
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