Platyoposaurus
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Platyoposaurus Fossil range: Late Permian
Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli Family: Archegosauridae Genus: Platyoposaurus Trautschold, 1884
Species
Platyposaurus struckensbergi

Platyposaurus was a Temnospondyli amphibian from the late Permain period about 255-250 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], ^[3].

The fossil remains were found in Belebey, Bashkortostan in Russia, and the name Platyposaurus means "flat faced reptile" ^[4].

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. ^ http://www.gondwanastudios.com/info/pla.htm Accessed 2007/12/16
3. ^ http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Permian/Roadian.html Accessed 2007/12/16
4. ^ Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31 ISBN 0 7326 0503 2