Archegosauridae

Archegosauridae Temporal range: Early Permian-Late Permian 297–252 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Archegosaurus decheni fossil at the paleontological collection of the Museum of the University of Tübingen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	†Archegosauroidea
Family:	†Archegosauridae Lydekker, 1885
Genera
Platyoposaurinae Archegosaurus Bageherpeton Bashkirosaurus Collidosuchus Kashmirosaurus Platyoposaurus Prionosuchus Melosaurinae Koinia Konzhukovia Melosaurus Tryphosuchus Uralosuchus

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.

Gallery

Platyoposaurinae

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  Archegosaurus decheni, of the early Permian of Germany
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  Prionosuchus plummeri, of the early Permian of Brazil
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  Platyoposaurus watsoni, of the early to middle Permian of Russia
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  Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi, of the middle Permian of Russia
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  Collidosuchus tchudinovi, of the middle Permian of Russia

Melosaurinae

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  Melosaurus platyrhinus, of the early to middle Permian of Russia
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  Konzhukovia vetusta, of the middle to late Permian of Russia
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  Tryphosuchus, of the middle to late Permian of Russia

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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Temnospondyli

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Osteichthyes Clade: Sarcopterygii Clade: Tetrapodomorpha Clade: Stegocephali
Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Temnospondyli see below↓ Temnospondyli

Temnospondyli	Caerorhachis? Capetus Casineria? Iberospondylus Palatinerpeton Baphetoidea? Colosteidae? Edopoidea Edops Cochleosauridae Adamanterpeton Cochleosaurus Chenoprosopus Macrerpeton Nigerpeton? Procochleosaurus Saharastega? Dendrerpetontidae Balanerpeton Dendrerpeton Dvinosauria Acroplous Bermanerpeton Dvinosaurus Erpetosaurus Isodectes Kourerpeton Perryella? Timonya Trypanognathus Trimerorhachidae Eugyrinus? Lafonius Nannospondylus Neldasaurus Procuhy Trimerorhachis Tupilakosauridae Batrachosuchoides? Slaugenhopia Thabanchuia Tupilakosaurus Zatracheidae Acanthostomatops Chemnitzion Dasyceps Zatrachys Dissorophoidea see Dissorophoidea likely includes Lissamphibia Eryopidae Actinodon Chelydosaurus Clamorosaurus Eryops Onchiodon Osteophorus Stenokranio Syndyodosuchus? Stereospondylomorpha Cheliderpeton? Glanochthon Intasuchus Korkonterpeton Sclerocephalus Syndyodosuchus? Archegosauridae Melosaurinae Koinia Konzhukovia Melosaurus Tryphosuchus Uralosuchus Platyoposaurinae Archegosaurus Bageherpeton Bashkirosaurus Collidosuchus Kashmirosaurus Platyoposaurus Prionosuchus Stereospondyli see Stereospondyli

• See also: Batrachomorpha
• Eutemnospondyli
• Rhachitomi
• Euskelia
• Eryopiformes
• Eryopoidea
• Limnarchia
• Archegosauroidea
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