Suchonosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian, 265–252 Ma
Right maxilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: †Parareptilia
Order: †Procolophonomorpha
Family: †Procolophonidae
Genus: †Suchonosaurus
Tverdokhlebova and Ivakhnenko, 1994
Type species
†Suchonosaurus minimus
Tverdokhlebova and Ivakhnenko, 1994

Suchonosaurus is an extinct genus of procolophonid reptile from the Late Permian of Russia. It is monotypic, including the species Suchonosaurus minimus, which is itself known only from a single fragment of the upper jaw.[1] Suchonosaurus is currently considered the oldest member of the family Procolophonidae, as it is the only procolophonid known from the Permian period.[2]

References

  1. ^ Säilä, L. K. (2009). "Alpha Taxonomy of the Russian Permian Procolophonoid Reptiles". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (4): 599–608. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0017.
  2. ^ Botha-Brink, J.; Smith, R. M. H. (2012). "Palaeobiology of Triassic procolophonids, inferred from bone microstructure". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 11 (6): 419–433. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2012.03.002.


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