Chthonosaurus

Extinct genus of therapsids from the Late Permian of Russia

Chthonosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
~265–253 Ma
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Life restoration of Chthonosaurus velocidens
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Chthonosaurus is an extinct genus of eutherocephalian[1] therapsids from the Late Permian Kutulukskaya Formation of Russia. The type species Chthonosaurus velocidens was named in 1955.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Huttenlocker, Adam K.; Sidor, Christian A.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D. (20 Jul 2015). "A new eutherocephalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (5): e969400. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E9400H. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.969400. S2CID 83554630.
  2. ^ Ivakhnenko, M.F. (2011). "Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 45 (9): 981–1144. doi:10.1134/S0031030111090012. S2CID 128958135.
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Chthonosaurus


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