Platyhystrix

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Platyhystrix
Fossil range: Early Permian
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Dissorophoidea
Family: Dissorophidae
Genus: Platyhystrix
Binomial name
Platyhystrix rugosus
Platyhystrix
Translation flat porcupine
Type amphibian
Length 3 ft 4 in (1 m)
Movement quadruped
Age 290-270 million years ago
Diet carnivore
Distribution USA

Platyhystrix (plah-tee-hiss-stricks, meaning "flat porcupine") was a temnospondyl amphibian with a distinctive sail along its back, similar to the unrelated synapsids, Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus. It lived during the Permian period (290 to 270 million years ago), in the United States (central). It coexisted with other, larger temnospondyls like Eryops, and may have been preyed upon by them.


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