Chalishevia is an extinct genus of erythrosuchid archosauriform from the Ladinian Bukobay Formation of Russia (Orenburg Oblast).[1] Though it is only known from a few fragmentary skull bones, the skull is estimated to be around 80 centimeters long, making it one of the largest erythrosuchids known.[2]
Chalishevia Temporal range: Ladinian
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Chalishevia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Family: | †Erythrosuchidae |
Genus: | †Chalishevia Ochev, 1980 |
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References
edit- ^ Ochev, VG (1980). "New archosaurs from the Middle Triassic of the southern Cis-Urals". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1980 (101–107).
- ^ Butler, R.J.; Sennikov, A.G.; Ezcurra, M.D.; Gower, D.J. (2019). "The last erythrosuchid—a revision of Chalishevia cothurnata from the late Middle Triassic of European Russia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (4): 757–774. doi:10.4202/app.00648.2019. hdl:11336/123959.