''Chlynovia'' is an extinct genus of

therocephalia Therocephalia is an extinct suborder of eutheriodont therapsids (mammals and their close relatives) from the Permian and Triassic. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their te ...

therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including limbs that were oriented more ...

s from the

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. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

is ''C. serridentatus'', named in 2000. ''Chlynovia'' was originally classified within

Scaloposauria Baurioidea is a superfamily of therocephalian therapsids. It includes advanced therocephalians such as '' Regisaurus'' and ''Bauria''. The superfamily was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1911. Bauriamorpha, named by D. M. S. ...

, a group of therocephalians characterized by their small size and lightly built skulls. Scaloposaurians are no longer recognized as a true grouping, but instead represent the juvenile forms of many types of therocephalians. ''Chlynovia'' was placed in the family Perplexisauridae along with ''

Perplexisaurus ''Perplexisaurus'' is a genus of therocephalian therapsid from the Middle to Late Permian ''Deltavjatia vjatkensis'' Assemblage Zone, Vanyushonki Member of the Urpalov Formation of Russia. It was described by L. P. Tatarinov in 1997, and the t ...

'', but both therocephalians are now placed in the family

Ictidosuchidae Ictidosuchidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their orig ...

. ''Chlynovia'' was found in the Urpalov Formation in the Kirov region of Russia. Remains of ''Chlynovia'' have been found alongside

pareiasaur Pareiasaurs (meaning "cheek lizards") are an extinct clade of large, herbivorous parareptiles. Members of the group were armoured with scutes which covered large areas of the body. They first appeared in southern Pangea during the Middle Permian, ...

s and

s in the Vanyushonkov Member. These animals make up what is known as the Kotelnich assemblage.

References

Ictidosuchids Therocephalia genera Lopingian synapsids of Europe Fossils of Russia Fossil taxa described in 2000 {{paleo-therapsid-stub