Platyoposaurus

Platyoposaurus Temporal range: Middle Permian
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
P. stuckenbergi P. watsoni

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

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]

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

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