Archegosauridae
| Archegosauridae Temporal range: Early Permian-Late Permian 297–252 Ma | |
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| Archegosaurus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Archegosauroidea |
| Family: | †Archegosauridae Lydekker, 1885 |
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Platyoposaurinae
Melosaurinae | |
Archegosauridae is a family of relatively large and long snouted temnospondyls that lived in the Permian period. Most appeared and probably behaved like crocodiles.
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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.
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