Melosaurinae Temporal range: Middle - Late Permian | |
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Restoration of Melosaurus platyrhinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Archegosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Melosaurinae |
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Melosaurinae is an extinct subfamilyoftemnospondyl amphibians, part of the family Archegosauridae. Most melosaurines are known from Russia, although an unnamed species has been found in Brazil.[1] Unlike the long-skulled archegosaurids of the family Platyoposaurinae, melosaurines have shorter, broadened snouts.
Below is a cladogram modified from Ruta et al. (2007):[2]
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Melosaurinae |
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