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Plagiosaurus

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Plagiosaurus
Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. ^ Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 35. American Philosophical Society. 1946. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-4223-7723-9.