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Chalcosaurus

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Chalcosaurus was named by Meyer (1866). It is not extant. Its type is Chalcosaurus rossicus.

It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Meyer (1866); and to Lanthanosuchidae by Carroll (1988) and Ivakhnenko (2008).

Species
C. lukjanovae, C. rossicus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Chalcosaurus Meyer p. 124
1988Chalcosaurus Carroll
2008Chalcosaurus Ivakhnenko p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
subclassApsidospondyli
superorderLabyrinthodontia()
genusChalcosaurus

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.

G. †Chalcosaurus Meyer 1866
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Chalcosaurus lukjanovae Ivakhnenko 1980
Chalcosaurus rossicus Meyer 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Urzhumian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Orenburg) C. lukjanovae (85487) C. rossicus (87039) Lanthanosuchus lukjanovae (179656)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) C. lukjanovae (187190) C. sp. (187191)