Biology:Archegosauroidea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Clade: | †Stereospondylomorpha |
| Superfamily: | †Archegosauroidea Lydekker, 1885 |
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Archegosauroidea is an extinct superfamily of Permian temnospondyls. The superfamily is assigned to the clade Stereospondylomorpha and is the sister taxon to the suborder Stereospondyli.[1] It includes the families Actinodontidae and Archegosauridae, and possibly the genus Intasuchus, which is placed within the monotypic family Intasuchidae. They were fully aquatic animals, and were metabolically and physiologically more similar to fish than modern amphibians.[2]
Gallery
Sclerocephalus hauseri, of the early Permian of Germany
Intasuchus silvicola, of the early Permian of Russia
Cheliderpeton vranyi, of the early Permian of the Czech Republic
Melosaurus platyrhinus, a melosaurine archegosaurid of the early to middle Permian of Russia
Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi, a platyoposaurine archegosaurid of the middle Permian of Russia
References
- ↑ Yates, A. M.; Warren, A. A. (2000). "The phylogeny of the "higher temnospondyls" (Vertebrata, Choanata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 77–121. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00650.x.
- ↑ Florian Witzmann; Elizabeth Brainerd (2017). "Modeling the physiology of the aquatic temnospondyl Archegosaurus decheni from the early Permian of Germany". Fossil Record. 20 (2): 105–127. doi:10.5194/fr-20-105-2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q4785888 entry
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