Chroniosaurus
Encyclopedia
Chroniosaurus is an extinct genus
of chroniosuchid
reptiliomorph from upper Permian
(upper Tatarian age) deposits of Novgorod, Orenburg and Vologda Regions, Russia
. It was first named by Tverdokhlebova in 1972
and the type species is Chroniosaurus dongusensis.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of chroniosuchid
Chroniosuchidae
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...
reptiliomorph from upper Permian
Permian
The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
(upper Tatarian age) deposits of Novgorod, Orenburg and Vologda Regions, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was first named by Tverdokhlebova in 1972
1972 in paleontology
-Newly named dinosaurs:Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.-Non-mammalian:...
and the type species is Chroniosaurus dongusensis.