†Platystega Wiman 1914 (tetrapod)
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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
Parent taxon: Platystegidae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000
See also Carroll 1988, Säve-Söderbergh 1935, Warren and Black 1985 and Watson 1919
Sister taxon: Inflectosaurus
Subtaxa: Platystega depressa
Type: Platystega depressa
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mt. Andersson (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
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