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Archegosauridae

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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. The family has been divided into two subfamilies, the longer-snouted Platyoposaurinae and the shorter-snouted Melosaurinae.

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Parent taxon
Archegosauroidea
Image
ArchegosaurusDB3.jpg
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time period
Lopingian
taxon name
Archegosauridae
taxon rank
family
Commons category
Stereospondylomorpha
start time
297000000-
end time
252000000-
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  • Gallery
  • Platyoposaurinae
  • Melosaurinae
  • References

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. The family has been divided into two subfamilies, the longer-snouted Platyoposaurinae and the shorter-snouted Melosaurinae.

==Gallery== ===Platyoposaurinae===

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