''Platyrhinops'' is an extinct

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amphibamid

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 Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) of

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and the

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. It is known from many partial skeletons from the Linton site in Saline Township, Ohio and at least 6 partial specimens from the Nýřany site from the Nýřany Member of the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic.

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Image:Amphibamus.JPG, Cast of holotype at UALVP. Image:Platyrhinops lyelli.jpg, Cast of holotype in the Field Museum of Natural History

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Amphibamids Dissorophidae Fossil taxa described in 1931 Pennsylvanian temnospondyls of Europe Pennsylvanian temnospondyls of North America Carboniferous Ohio Kasimovian genera Prehistoric amphibian genera {{temnospondyli-stub

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