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Collidosuchus fossil map

Where fossils of Collidosuchus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 275 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 275 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Collidosuchus
Image: ДиБгд at Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived266.9–264.28 million years ago (Wordian)
PeriodsPermian
FamilyArchegosauridae
Named byGubin 1986
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inRussia
Rock formationstxn:37057

About Collidosuchus

Collidosuchus is an extinct genus of archegosauroidean temnospondyl within the family Archegosauridae. It lived during the Permian period, approximately 268 to 265 million years ago in what is now Russia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Collidosuchus (revision 1354840773), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5147146.

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