Platyrhinops
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Platyrhinops Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 307.1–305 Ma |
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| Holotype of platyrhinops lyelli with bones outlined in white | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Family: | †Amphibamidae |
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†Platyrhinops Steen, 1931 |
| Species: | †P. lyelli |
| Binomial name | |
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Platyrhinops lyelli Wyman, 1858 (as Raniceps lyelli) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Raniceps lyelli Wyman, 1858 [preoccupied] |
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Raniceps lyelli Wyman, 1858 [preoccupied]
Pelion lyelli Wyman in Cope, 1868
Tuditanus mordax Cope, 1874
Pelion lyellii Cope, 1875
Ichthycanthus platypus Cope, 1877
Eryops platypus Cope, 1888
Diceratosaurus punctolineatus Moodie, 1909
?Leptophractus lancifer Romer, 1930
Platyrhinops mordax Steen, 1931
Amphibamus lyelli Bolt, 1979
Platyrhinops is an extinct genus amphibamid temnospondyl from the Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) of Ohio and the Czech Republic. It is known from many partial skeletons from the Linton site in Saline Township, Ohio and at least 6 partial specimens from the Nýřany site from the Nýřany Member of the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic.
Cast of holotype at UALVP.
Cast of holotype in the Field Museum of Natural History
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