Platyoposaurus Explained

Platyoposaurus was a temnospondyl from the Middle Permian epoch about 270-268 Mya.^[1]

Discovery

One of the discoveries includes a skull 28 cm long with a purported body length of 250 cm representing a carnivorous adult specimen.^[2]

The fossil remains were found in Belebey in Bashkortostan, Russia; the name Platyoposaurus means "flat-faced lizard" and was coined after the original name Platyops turned out to be preoccupied.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31
2. Web site: Palaeos Paleozoic: Permian: The Roadian Age . 2007-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071103083501/http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Permian/Roadian.html . 2007-11-03 . Accessed 2007/12/16
3. Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31