en 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

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

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