Dinosaurus murchisoni Fischer von Waldheim 1845 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Phthinosuchidae

Alternative combination: Rhopalodon murchisoni

Synonym: Phthinosuchus discors Efremov 1954

Belongs to Dinosaurus according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2003

See also Battail and Surkov 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Dinosaurus murchisoni: PIN 296/1, a partial skull
  • Phthinosuchus discors: PIN 1954/3, a partial skull (Badly preserved skull and lower jaw). Its type locality is Klyuchevskiy Rudnik-1, PIN 296, 1954, which is in an Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Klyuchevskiy Rudnik-1, PIN 296, 1954 (Permian of Russian Federation)

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