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]

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

References

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  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.