Platyoposaurus

Platyoposaurus was a temnospondyl from the Middle Permian epoch about 270-268 Mya.^[1]

Platyoposaurus Temporal range: Middle Permian
Reconstructed skeleton of P. stuckenbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Family:	†Archegosauridae
Genus:	†Platyoposaurus Lydekker, 1889
Type species
Platyops rickardi Twelvetrees, 1880
Other species
P. stuckenbergi P. watsoni

Discovery

Restoration of P. stuckenbergi

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]