Platystega 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

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

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Type: Platystega depressa

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt. Andersson (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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