Archegosauridae

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Archegosauridae
Temporal range: Early Permian-Late Permian 297–252Ma
Archegosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Archegosauroidea
Family: Archegosauridae
Lydekker, 1885
Genera

Archegosaurus
Australerpeton
Bashkirosaurus
Collidosuchus
Konzhukovia
Platyoposaurus
Prionosuchus

Archegosauridae is a family of relatively large and long snouted temnospondyls that lived in the Permian period. Most appeared and probably behaved like crocodiles.

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References

  • Ruta, M., Pisani, D., Lloyd, G. T. and Benton, M. J. 2007. A supertree of Temnospondyli: cladogenetic patterns in the most species-rich group of early tetrapods. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 274: 3087-3095.
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