Chroniosaurus
id:
chroniosaurus-173-1109430
title:
Chroniosaurus
text:
Chroniosaurus is an extinct genus of chroniosuchid stegocephalian, often considered a reptiliomorph but possibly a stem-tetrapod, from upper Permian deposits of Novgorod, Orenburg and Vologda Regions, Russia. It was first named by Tverdokhlebova in 1972 and the type species is Chroniosaurus dongusensis. Its lifestyle is uncertain. An early study suggested a fairly aquatic lifestyle, but its femoral microanatomy and dorsal dermal plates suggest a rather terrestial lifestyle.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroniosaurus
date created:
2008-04-10T16:55:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T01:54:22Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Chroniosaurus_dongusDB12.jpg","width":3004,"height":2069}
fields total:
13
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16