Chalcosaurus rossicus Meyer 1866 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Labyrinthodontia

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1866. Reptilien aus dem Kupfer-Sandstein des West-Uralischen Gouvernements Orenburg. Palaeontographica 15(3):97-130

Belongs to Chalcosaurus according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2008

See also Meyer 1866

Sister taxon: Chalcosaurus lukjanovae

Type specimen: an uncatalogued specimen the whereabouts of which are unknown (probably lost), a skull. Its type locality is Kargalinski Mines, PIN 1954, PIN 48, locality 12 of Tverdokhlebov et al. (2005), which is in an Urzhumian deltaic sandstone/conglomerate in the Amanakskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kargalinski Mines, PIN 1954, PIN 48, locality 12 of Tverdokhlebov et al. (2005)

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