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Prionosuchus
genus of amphibians (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prionosuchus is a genus of extremely large temnospondyl amphibians from the Middle Permian (270 million years ago). Its remains were found in Brazil.
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Prionosuchus | |
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Prionosuchus plummeri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Archegosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Platyoposaurinae |
Genus: | †Prionosuchus Price, 1948[1] |
Type species | |
†Prionosuchus plummeri Price, 1948[2] |
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