Platyoposaurus
stuckenbergi (Trautschold, 1884) reconstruction of the skeleton
Labyrinthodontia:Temnospondyli:
Archaegosauridae
Locality: Belebey, Bashkortostan,
eastern European Russia.
Age: Late Permian, 255 million years ago
The
fauna of the terrestrial tetrapods on the east coast of the East European Sea was
more
diverse than that on the western coast. The large shallow basins were inhabited by
very
diverse and numerous fish-eating labyrinthodonts. Some of them, like broad-headed
Melosaurus,
waited for their prey on the bottom, while others, like long-snouted
Platyoposaurus,
actively hunted for swimming fishes.
