Plagiosaurus
Appearance
Plagiosaurus Temporal range: Triassic
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Plagiosauridae |
Genus: | †Plagiosaurus |
Plagiosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian - Arthur Smith Woodward regarded it as a synonym of Plagiosternum.[1] They were paedomorphic, retaining the larval gills on adulthood. They had weak simplified vertebrae, consisting of large intercentra and neural arches, the stereospondyl condition.
References
- ^ Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 35. American Philosophical Society. 1946. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-4223-7723-9.