Platyrhinops
Platyrhinops |
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File:PSM V72 D566 Pelion lyelli quadraped from carboniferous ohio.png | |
Holotype of platyrhinops lyelli with bones outlined in white | |
Scientific classification ![]() |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Amphibamidae |
Genus: | †Platyrhinops Steen, 1931 |
Species: |
† P. lyelli
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Binomial name | |
Platyrhinops lyelli |
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Synonyms | |
Raniceps lyelli Wyman, 1858 [preoccupied] |
Platyrhinops is an extinct genus amphibamid temnospondyl from the Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) of Ohio and the Czech Republic. It is known from many partial skeletons from the Linton site in Saline Township, Ohio[1] and at least 6 partial specimens from the Nýřany site from the Nýřany Member of the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic.[2]
Gallery
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Amphibamus.JPG
Cast of holotype at UALVP.
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Platyrhinops lyelli.jpg
Cast of holotype in the Field Museum of Natural History
References
See also
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