Chroniosuchus

Chroniosuchus Temporal range: 255 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Upper Permian
Chroniosuchus paradoxus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Reptiliomorpha
Order:	†Chroniosuchia
Family:	†Chroniosuchidae
Genus:	†Chroniosuchus Vjuschkov, 1957
Species
†C. paradoxus Vjuschkov, 1957 (type) †C. licharevi (Riabinin, 1962)
Synonyms
Buzulukia butsuri Vyushkov, 1957

Chroniosuchus is an extinct genus of chroniosuchid reptiliomorph from upper Permian (upper Tatarian age) deposits of Arkhangelsk, Orenburg and Vologda Regions, Russia. It was first named by Vjuschkov in 1957 and the type species is Chroniosuchus paradoxus. The genus Buzulukia, named in 1957 on the basis of osteoderms, is considered a synonym of Chroniosuchus.

Chroniosuchus had a length of about 1.5 m (4.92 feet).