| Platyoposaurus Temporal range:Middle Permian | |
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| Reconstructed skeleton ofP. 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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Platyoposaurus was atemnospondyl from the Middle Permian epoch about 270-268 Mya.[1]
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 inBelebey inBashkortostan, Russia; the namePlatyoposaurus means "flat-faced lizard" and was coined after the original namePlatyops turned out to be preoccupied.[3]
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