| Plagiosaurus Temporal range: Triassic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | † Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | † Stereospondyli |
| Family: | † Plagiosauridae |
| Genus: | † Plagiosaurus Jaekel, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| †Plagiosaurus depressus Jaekel, 1914 | |
Plagiosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian. The type and only species is P. depressus, first described by Otto Jaekel in 1914. [1] Arthur Smith Woodward regarded the genus as a synonym of Plagiosternum , but most researchers consider it to be valid. [2] It was paedomorphic, retaining the larval gills in adulthood. Like many stereospondyls, it had weak simplified vertebrae, consisting of large intercentra and neural arches, which is known as the stereospondylous condition.
