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Chasmatosuchus magnus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Chasmatosuchus magnus was named by Ochev (1979). Its type specimen is PIN 951/65, a set of vertebrae (Cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rassypnaya locality, PIN 951, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Petropavlovka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonyms
  • Gamosaurus lozovskii was named by Ochev (1979). Its type specimen is PIN 3361/13, a set of vertebrae (Cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zheshart, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Yarenskian Formation of the Russian Federation.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Chasmatosuchus magnus by Ezcurra (2016).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Chasmatosuchus magnus Ochev
1979Gamosaurus lozovskii Ochev
2013Gamosaurus lozovskii Ezcurra et al.
2016Chasmatosuchus magnus Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
genusChasmatosuchus
speciesmagnus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Chasmatosuchus magnus Ochev 1979
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Invalid names: Gamosaurus lozovskii Ochev 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Chasmatosuchus magnus (type locality: 98595)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Komi) Gamosaurus lozovskii (85454)