Archegosauridae

Archegosauridae Temporal range: Early Permian-Late Permian 297–252 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Archegosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	†Archegosauroidea
Family:	†Archegosauridae Lydekker, 1885
Genera
Archegosaurus Australerpeton Bashkirosaurus Collidosuchus Konzhukovia Platyoposaurus Prionosuchus

Archegosauridae is a family of relatively large and long snouted temnospondyls that lived in the Permian period. Most appeared and probably behaved like crocodiles.

Gallery

• Prionosuchus BW.jpg

  Prionosuchus

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  Platyoposaurus

• Konzhukovia vetusta 1DB.jpg

  Konzukovia

• Collidosuchus12DB.jpg

  Collidosuchus

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  Australerpeton

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.