Platyrhinops Steen 1931 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Amphibamidae

Synonym: Ichthycanthus Cope 1877

Parent taxon: Amphibamidae according to R. R. Schoch et al. 2021

See also Anderson et al. 2008, Bourget and Anderson 2011, Hay 1902, Maddin et al. 2012, Panchen 1970, Schoch 2013, Schoch 2019, Schoch and Milner 2014 and Schoch and Rubidge 2005

Sister taxa: Amphibamus, Doleserpeton, Micropholis, Plemmyradytes, Rubeostratilia

Subtaxa: Ichthycanthus ohiensis Platyrhinops fritschi Platyrhinops lyelli

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), United States (1: Ohio)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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