†Platyoposaurus watsoni Efremov 1933 (tetrapod)
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae
Alternative combination: Platyops watsoni
Belongs to Platyoposaurus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000
See also Romer 1947 and Shishkin et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Platyoposaurus rickardi, Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi, Platyoposaurus vjuschkovi
Type specimen: PIN 2250/8, a skull. Its type locality is Shikhovo-Chirki, PIN 161, which is in an Ufimian/Kazanian deltaic limestone in the Pechishchi Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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