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 |
Species | |
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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]