Lanthanosuchus

Lan-tho-soo-kus.
By John Stewart
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John Stewart

Paleoecologist

John Stewart is a distinguished paleoecologist whose work has significantly advanced our understanding of prehistoric ecosystems. With over two decades dedicated to unearthing fossils across Asia and Africa

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Stewart, J. (2013, July 28). Lanthanosuchus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/lanthanosuchus/

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Name

Lanthanosuchus.

Phonetic

Lan-tho-soo-kus.

Named By

I.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1946.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Parareptilia,‭ ‬Lanthanosuchoidea,‭ ‬Lanthanosuchidae.

Diet

Insectivore.

Species

L.‭ ‬watsoni‭

Size

Skull about‭ ‬20‭ ‬centimetres long,‭ ‬total body size roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬75‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Russia,‭ ‬Tatarstan.

Time Period

Late Permian.

Fossil representation

Skull.

In Depth

       Lanthanosuchus is a genus of parareptile that lived in what is‭ ‬now Russia during the late Permian.‭

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Kurze �bersicht �ber die Formen der Perm-‭ ‬und der Trias-Tetrapoden-Fauna der USSR.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zentralblatt f�r Mineralogie,‭ ‬Geologie und Pal�ontologie,‭ ‬Abteilung B‭ ‬1940:372-383.‭ ‬-‭ ‬I.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1940. -‭ ‬On the subclass Batrachosauria‭ ‬-‭ ‬an intermediary group between amphians and reptiles.‭ ‬-‭ ‬USSR Academy of Sciences Bulletin,‭ ‬Biology series‭ ‬1946:615-638.‭ ‬-‭ ‬I.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1940‭ ‬-‭ ‬1946. -‭ ‬Lanthanosuchids from the Permian of the East European platform.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontological Journal‭ ‬1980:‭ ‬80-90.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ivakhenko‭ ‬-‭ ‬1980.

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