†family Platystegidae Schoch and Milner 2000 (tetrapod)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Platystegidae
Full reference: R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203
Parent taxon: Trematosauroidea according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000
Sister taxa: Almasauridae, Calamops, Callistomordax, Gonioglyptus huxleyi, Indolyrocephalus, Indolyrocephalus panchetensis, Lyrocephaliscidae, Metoposauridae, Peltostega, Thoosuchus, Trematosauridae, Wetlugasauridae
Subtaxa: Inflectosaurus Platystega
Type: Platystega
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences