Archegosauridae is a family of relatively large and long snouted temnospondyls that lived in the Permian period. They were fully aquatic animals, and were metabolically and physiologically more similar to fish than modern amphibians.[1] The family has been divided into two subfamilies, the longer-snouted Platyoposaurinae and the shorter-snouted Melosaurinae.
Archegosaurus decheni, of the early Permian of Germany
Prionosuchus plummeri, of the early Permian of Brazil
Platyoposaurus watsoni, of the early to middle Permian of Russia
Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi, of the middle Permian of Russia
Collidosuchus tchudinovi, of the middle Permian of Russia
Melosaurus platyrhinus, of the early to middle Permian of Russia
Konzhukovia vetusta, of the middle to late Permian of Russia
Tryphosuchus, of the middle to late Permian of Russia
Archegosauridae is a family of relatively large and long snouted temnospondyls that lived in the Permian period. They were fully aquatic animals, and were metabolically and physiologically more similar to fish than modern amphibians. The family has been divided into two subfamilies, the longer-snouted Platyoposaurinae and the shorter-snouted Melosaurinae.
