Dinosaurus Fischer 1847 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Phthinosuchidae

Synonym: Phthinosuchus Efremov 1954

Parent taxon: Phthinosuchidae according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2003

See also Battail and Surkov 2000 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Gorgodon, Kamagorgon, Knoxosaurus, Steppesaurus

Subtaxa: Dinosaurus murchisoni

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Type: Rhopalodon murchisoni

Ecology: carnivore

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

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