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Chroniosaurus levis

Chroniosuchidae

Taxonomy
Chroniosaurus levis was named by Golubev (1998). Its type specimen is SGU 104B/1102, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mutovino locality, PIN 3711, 3713, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial lime mudstone in the Poldarsa Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Chroniosaurus, Chroniosuchus, Jugosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Chroniosaurus levis Golubev
2000Chroniosaurus levis Novikov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
suborderChroniosuchiaTatarinov 1972
familyChroniosuchidaeVjushkov 1957
genusChroniosaurusTverdokhlebova 1972
specieslevisGolubev 1998

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.

Chroniosaurus levis Golubev 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Late/Upper Severodvinian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda) Chroniosaurus levis (233451)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Chroniosaurus levis (189505)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Vologda) Chroniosaurus levis (104754 type locality: 124277)