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'''''Archosaurus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of carnivorous [[archosauriform]] [[reptile]].<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1134/S0031030106100078| title = Vyazniki biotic assemblage of the terminal Permian| journal = Paleontological Journal| volume = 40| issue = 4| pages = S475| year = 2006| last1 = Sennikov | first1 = A. G.| last2 = Golubev | first2 = V. K.}}</ref> From the latest [[Permian]] of [[Russia]] and [[Poland]], it is one of the earliest known archosauriformes.
'''''Archosaurus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of carnivorous [[archosauriform]] [[reptile]].<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1134/S0031030106100078| title = Vyazniki biotic assemblage of the terminal Permian| journal = Paleontological Journal| volume = 40| issue = 4| pages = S475| year = 2006| last1 = Sennikov | first1 = A. G.| last2 = Golubev | first2 = V. K.}}</ref> 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.
[[File:Archosaurus ross1DB.jpg|thumb|left|Restoration]]
[[File:Archosaurus rossicus.png|upright|thumb|left|Holotype maxilla, scalebar equals 1 cm]]


==See also==
==See also==

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Archosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian, 252 Ma
Restored skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Family: Proterosuchidae
Subfamily: Chasmatosuchinae
Genus: Archosaurus
Tatarinov, 1960
Species
  • A. rossicus Tatarinov, 1960 (type)

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sennikov, A. G.; Golubev, V. K. (2006). "Vyazniki biotic assemblage of the terminal Permian". Paleontological Journal. 40 (4): S475. doi:10.1134/S0031030106100078.