Synesuchus

Synesuchus; Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Reptiliomorpha (?)
Order:	†Chroniosuchia
Family:	†Bystrowianidae
Genus:	†Synesuchus; Novikov & Shishkin, 2000
Species
	†S. muravjevi Novikov & Shishkin, 2000 (type);

Synesuchus is an

generic name comes from Syne, from Bolshaya Synya river, and “crocodile” (suchos in Greek), and the specific name honors the Russian geologist Ivan Stepanovich Murav'ev.^[1]

Phylogeny

Synesuchus in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) showing internal relationships of bystrowianids based on differences in their osteoderms:^[2]

Bystrowianidae

	Dromotectinae

	Axitectinae

Bystrowianinae

	Bystrowiella

	Synesuchus

	Vyushkoviana

	Bystrowiana

References

^ I.V. Novikov; M.A. Shishkin (2000). "Triassic chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) and the evolution of trunk dermal scutes in bystrowianids". Paleontological Journal. 34 (2): 165–178.
ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7. Archived
(PDF) from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-04-06.

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[bystrowianids2000-1] I.V. Novikov; M.A. Shishkin (2000). "Triassic chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) and the evolution of trunk dermal scutes in bystrowianids". Paleontological Journal. 34 (2): 165–178.

[Novikov2018-2] ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7. Archived
(PDF) from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-04-06.

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