Platyoposaurus

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Platyoposaurus
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Predstavitel' permskoi fauny. Paleontologicheskii muzei. Moskva. Iiun' 2014 - panoramio.jpg
Reconstructed skeleton of P. stuckenbergi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Archegosauridae
Genus: Platyoposaurus
Lydekker, 1889
Type species
Platyops rickardi
Twelvetrees, 1880
Species
  • P. stuckenbergi
  • P. watsoni

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

Discovery

Restoration of P. stuckenbergi Platyoposaurus12DB.jpg
Restoration of P. stuckenbergi
Restoration of P. watsoni 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]

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References

  1. Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31 ISBN   0-7326-0503-2
  2. "Palaeos Paleozoic: Permian: The Roadian Age". Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-12-15. Accessed 2007/12/16
  3. Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31 ISBN   0-7326-0503-2