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Genus of amphibians From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Platyoposaurus was a temnospondyl from the Middle Permian epoch about 270-268 Mya.[1]
Platyoposaurus Temporal range: Middle Permian | |
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Reconstructed skeleton of P. stuckenbergi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Archegosauridae |
Genus: | †Platyoposaurus Lydekker, 1889 |
Type species | |
Platyops rickardi Twelvetrees, 1880 | |
Other species | |
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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]
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