Biology:Chroniosuchidae

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Short description: Extinct family of amphibians

Chroniosuchidae
Temporal range: Upper Permian–Upper Triassic
Chroniosuchus BW.jpg
Chroniosuchus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Chroniosuchia
Family: Chroniosuchidae
Vjuschkov, 1957
Genera

The Chroniosuchidae are a family of semi-aquatic reptiliomorph amphibians found in sediments from the upper Permian and the upper Triassic periods, most in Russia . They were generally rather large animals, with long jaws similar to those found in modern crocodiles, and probably lived a similar life style as riverside piscivores and ambush predators. Like all Chroniosuchians, they bore extensive osteoderm armour on their backs, possibly as protection against terrestrial predators such as the Permian therapsids and the Triassic Rauisuchians.

Phylogeny

Below is the cladogram from Buchwitz et al. (2012) showing the phylogenetic relations of chroniosuchids:[6]

Chroniosuchia 

Madygenerpeton

Chroniosaurus dongusensis

Chroniosaurus levis

Suchonica

Jarilinus

Chroniosuchus

Uralerpeton

Bystrowianidae

Synesuchus

Bystrowiella

Bystrowiana

Axitectum

Dromotectum

Chroniosuchidae

See also

  • Permian tetrapods

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jin-Ling Li; Zheng-Wu Cheng (1999). "New Anthracosaur and Temnospondyl Amphibians from Gansu, China - The Fifth Report on Late Permian Dashankou Lower Tetrapod Fauna". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37 (3): 234–247. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200812/W020090813369418346132.pdf. 
  2. V. K. Golubev (1998). "Revision of the Late Permian Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal 32 (4): 390–401. http://golubeff.narod.ru/PF/017e_Golubev_1998_Chroniosuchia_Permian_Russia.pdf. 
  3. Rainer R. Schoch; Sebastian Voigt; Michael Buchwitz (2010). "A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of chroniosuchian relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (3): 515–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00613.x. 
  4. V. K. Golubev (1998). "Narrow-armored Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Late Permian of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal 32 (3): 278–287. http://golubeff.narod.ru/PF/016e_Golubev_1998_Chroniosuchia_Permian_Russia.pdf. 
  5. V. K. Golubev (1999). "A New Narrow-Armored Chroniosuchian (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Upper Permian of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal 33 (2): 166–173. http://golubeff.narod.ru/PF/024e_Golubev_1999_Chroniosuchia_Permian_Russia.pdf. 
  6. Buchwitz, M.; Foth, C.; Kogan, I.; Voigt, S. (2012). "On the use of osteoderm features in a phylogenetic approach on the internal relationships of the Chroniosuchia (Tetrapoda: Reptiliomorpha)". Palaeontology 55 (3): 623–640. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01137.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q141926 entry