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 |
Genera | |
Platyoposaurinae
Melosaurinae |
Platyoposaurinae
Melosaurinae
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.