''Chroniosuchus'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
chroniosuchid reptiliomorph from upper
Permian
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(upper
Tatarian
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different age) deposits of
Arkhangelsk,
Orenburg
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and
Vologda Regions,
Russia
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.
It was first named by Vjuschkov in
1957
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and the type species is ''Chroniosuchus paradoxus''.
The genus ''Buzulukia'', named in 1957 on the basis of osteoderms, is considered a synonym of ''Chroniosuchus''.
Chroniosuchus had a length of about 1.5 m (4.92 feet).
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References
Chroniosuchians
Permian tetrapods
Permian animals of Europe
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