Chthonosaurus
Appearance
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 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.