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Platyoposaurinae

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Platyoposaurinae was named by Gubin (1991). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archegosauridae by Schoch and Milner (2000), Dias and Barberena (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Platyoposaurinae Gubin
2000Platyoposaurinae Schoch and Milner
2001Platyoposaurinae Dias and Barberena

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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
subfamilyPlatyoposaurinaeGubin 1991
subfamilyPlatyoposaurinaeGubin 1991

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.

Subfm. †Platyoposaurinae Gubin 1991
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G. †Bageherpeton Dias and Barberena 2001
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Bageherpeton longignathus Dias and Barberena 2001
G. †Prionosuchus Price 1948
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Prionosuchus plummeri Price 1948
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 Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Brazil (Maranhao) Prionosuchus plummeri (192146)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Bageherpeton longignathus (176058)