Chroniosaurus

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Chroniosaurus
Temporal range: 255  Ma
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C. dongusensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Reptiliomorpha (?)
Order:† Chroniosuchia
Family:† Chroniosuchidae
Genus:† Chroniosaurus
Tverdochlebova, 1972
Species
  • † C. dongusensis Tverdokhlebova, 1972 (type)
  • † C. levis Golubev, 1998
Restoration of C. dongusensis Chroniosaurus dong12DB.jpg
Restoration of C. dongusensis

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.

References

  1. ↑ Buchwitz, Michael; Foth, Christian; Kogan, Ilja; Voigt, Sebastian (May 2012). "On the use of osteoderm features in a phylogenetic approach on the internal relationships of the Chroniosuchia (Tetrapoda: Reptiliomorpha)". Palaeontology. 55 (3): 623–640. Bibcode:2012Palgy..55..623B. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01137.x.
  2. ↑ Marjanović, David; Laurin, Michel (4 January 2019). "Phylogeny of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates reassessed through revision and expansion of the largest published relevant data matrix". PeerJ. 6: e5565. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5565 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   6322490 . PMID   30631641.
  3. 1 2 V. K. Golubev (1998). "Revision of the Late Permian Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from Eastern Europe" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 32 (4): 390–401.
  4. ↑ Golubev, V. K. (1998). "Narrow-armored chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Late Permian of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 32: 278–287.
  5. ↑ Laurin, Michel; Girondot, Marc; Loth, Marie-Madeleine (December 2004). <0589:TEOLBM>2.0.CO;2 "The evolution of long bone microstructure and lifestyle in lissamphibians". Paleobiology. 30 (4): 589–613. Bibcode:2004Pbio...30..589L. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0589:TEOLBM>2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0094-8373.
  6. ↑ Buchwitz, Michael; Witzmann, Florian; Voigt, Sebastian; Golubev, Valeriy (July 2012). "Osteoderm microstructure indicates the presence of a crocodylian-like trunk bracing system in a group of armoured basal tetrapods". Acta Zoologica. 93 (3): 260–280. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00502.x.


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