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Chthonosauridae

Therocephalia - Chthonosauridae

Taxonomy
Chthonosauridae was named by Tatarinov (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lycideopoidea by Tatarinov (2008); and to Eutherocephalia by Huttenlocker and Smith (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Chthonosauridae Tatarinov
2008Chthonosauridae Tatarinov
2017Chthonosauridae Huttenlocker and Smith fig. 9

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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
familyChthonosauridaeTatarinov 1974

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.

Fm. †Chthonosauridae Tatarinov 1974
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G. †Chthonosaurus Vjushkov 1955
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Chthonosaurus velocidens Vjuschkov 1955
G. †Ichibengops Huttenlocker et al. 2015
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Ichibengops munyamadziensis Huttenlocker et al. 2015
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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Vyatkian or 259.90000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Chthonosaurus sp. (189400) Chthonosaurus velocidens (93030)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia (Northern) Ichibengops munyamadziensis (178883)