Archosaurus
Appearance
Archosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian,
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Restored skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Family: | †Proterosuchidae |
Subfamily: | †Chasmatosuchinae |
Genus: | †Archosaurus Tatarinov, 1960 |
Species: | †A. rossicus
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Binomial name | |
†Archosaurus rossicus Tatarinov, 1960
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Archosaurus is an extinct genus of carnivorous archosauriform reptile.[1] From the latest Permian of Russia and Poland, it is one of the earliest known archosauriforms. The type, and only species, is Archosaurus rossicus, known from several fragmentary specimens which, if compiled, represent parts of the skull and cervical vertebrae.[2][3]
Upon discovery, Archosaurus was believed to have been a basal archosaur, although a 2016 study has disproved this, classifying Archosaurus as a proterosuchid archosauriform.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Sennikov, A. G.; Golubev, V. K. (2006). "Vyazniki biotic assemblage of the terminal Permian". Paleontological Journal. 40 (4): S475. doi:10.1134/S0031030106100078.
- ^ Paleont. Zh. 1960 (4)
- ^ Sennikov, A.G.; Gower, D.J. (2000). "Early archosaurs from Russia". In Benton, M.J.; Shishkin, M.A.; Unwin, D.M. (eds.). The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54582-2.
- ^ M. D. Ezcurra. 2016. The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms. PeerJ 4:e1778 [R. Butler/R. Butler]