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''Platyoposaurus'' was a
One of the discoveries includes a skull 28 cm long with a purported body length of 250 cm representing a carnivorous adult specimen.
The fossil remains were found in
temnospondyl
Temnospondyli (from Greek language, Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') or temnospondyls is a diverse ancient order (biology), order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered Labyrinth ...
from the Middle Permian epoch about 270-268 Mya.
Discovery
One of the discoveries includes a skull 28 cm long with a purported body length of 250 cm representing a carnivorous adult specimen.
The fossil remains were found in Belebey
Belebey (; , ''Bäläbäy'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the bank of the Usen River, from Ufa. Population:
History
Belebey was established in 1715 and granted town status in 1781. Between 1865 and 1919 it ...
in Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a republic of Russia between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders Perm Krai to the north, Sverdlovsk Oblast ...
, Russia; the name ''Platyoposaurus'' means "flat-faced lizard" and was coined after the original name ''Platyops'' turned out to be preoccupied.Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31
References
Permian temnospondyls Fossils of Russia Prehistoric amphibian genera {{Temnospondyli-stub