Chroniosaurus
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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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]
| Chroniosaurus Temporal range: Upper Permian | |
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| C. dongusensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Reptiliomorpha (?) |
| Order: | †Chroniosuchia |
| Family: | †Chroniosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Chroniosaurus Tverdochlebova, 1972 |
| Species | |
