Platyoposaurus was a temnospondyl from the Middle Permian epoch about 270-268 Mya.Rich, Pat Vickers, and Thomas H. V. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 31
Discovery
One of the discoveries includes a skull 28 cm long with a purported body length of 250 cm representing a carnivorous adult specimen. Accessed 2007/12/16
The fossil remains were found in Belebey in Bashkortostan, 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
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