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Platyoposaurus watsoni

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Platyops watsoni was named by Efremov (1933). Its type specimen is PIN 2250/8, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shikhovo-Chirki, PIN 161, which is in an Ufimian/Kazanian deltaic limestone in the Pechishchi Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Platyoposaurus watsoni by Schoch and Milner (2000), Shishkin et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Platyops watsoni Efremov
1947Platyops watsoni Romer p. 153
2000Platyoposaurus watsoni Schoch and Milner
2000Platyoposaurus watsoni Shishkin et al. p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
genusPlatyoposaurus
specieswatsoni(Efremov 1933)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Platyoposaurus watsoni Efremov 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ufimian to the top of the Urzhumian or 277.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian277.3 - 266.9Russian Federation (Kirov) Platyops watsoni (type locality: 80022)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Platyops watsoni (22644)