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Chthonosaurus velocidens

Therocephalia - Chthonosauridae

Taxonomy
Chthonosaurus velocidens was named by Vjuschkov (1955). Its type specimen is PIN 521/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pron'kino, PIN 521, which is in a Severodvinian/Vyatkian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Chthonosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Chthonosaurus velocidens Vjuschkov
2000Chthonosaurus velocidens Battail and Surkov
2008Chthonosaurus velocidens Tatarinov
2011Chthonosaurus velocidens Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
familyChthonosauridaeTatarinov 1974
genusChthonosaurusVjushkov 1955
speciesvelocidensVjuschkov 1955

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.

†Chthonosaurus velocidens Vjuschkov 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Severodvinian to the top of the Vyatkian or 264.28000 to 256.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Orenburg) Chthonosaurus velocidens (type locality: 93030)