Platystega depressa Wiman 1914 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Platystegidae

Full reference: C. Wiman. 1914. Über die Stegocephalen aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 13:1-34

Belongs to Platystega according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Wiman 1914

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIU U.16, a skull. Its type locality is Mt. Andersson, which is in a Smithian marine shale in the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt. Andersson

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