Archegosauridae
Extinct family of temnospondyls
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Archegosauridae is a family of relatively large and long snouted temnospondyls that lived in the Permian period. They were fully aquatic animals, and were metabolically and physiologically more similar to fish than modern amphibians.[1] The family has been divided into two subfamilies, the longer-snouted Platyoposaurinae and the shorter-snouted Melosaurinae.
| Archegosauridae Temporal range: Early Permian-Late Permian | |
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| Archegosaurus decheni fossil at the paleontological collection of the Museum of the University of Tübingen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Archegosauroidea |
| Family: | †Archegosauridae Lydekker, 1885 |
| Genera | |
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Platyoposaurinae | |
Gallery
Platyoposaurinae
Prionosuchus plummeri, of the early Permian of Brazil
Platyoposaurus watsoni, of the early to middle Permian of Russia
Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi, of the middle Permian of Russia
Collidosuchus tchudinovi, of the middle Permian of Russia
Melosaurinae
Melosaurus platyrhinus, of the early to middle Permian of Russia
Konzhukovia vetusta, of the middle to late Permian of Russia
Tryphosuchus, of the middle to late Permian of Russia
