Platyoposaurus
Platyoposaurus Temporal range: Middle Permian
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Reconstructed skeleton of P. stuckenbergi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Archegosauridae |
Genus: | †Platyoposaurus Lydekker, 1889 |
Type species | |
Platyops rickardi Twelvetrees, 1880
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Platyoposaurus was a temnospondyl from the Middle Permian epoch about 270-268 Mya.[1]
Discovery[]
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Restoration of P. stuckenbergi
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Platyoposaurus_watsoni_1DB.jpg/220px-Platyoposaurus_watsoni_1DB.jpg)
Restoration of P. watsoni
One of the discoveries includes a skull 28 cm long with a purported body length of 250 cm representing a carnivorous adult specimen.[2]
The fossil remains were found in Belebey in Bashkortostan, Russia; the name Platyoposaurus means "flat-faced lizard" and was coined after the original name Platyops turned out to be preoccupied.[3]
References[]
- ^ Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31 ISBN 0-7326-0503-2
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed 2007/12/16 - ^ Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31 ISBN 0-7326-0503-2
Categories:
- Permian temnospondyls
- Fossils of Russia
- Prehistoric amphibian genera
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
- Permian animal stubs