Platycepsion

Platycepsion
Partial skeleton, drawn in 1887
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Brachyopidae
Genus: †Platycepsion
Kuhn 1964[2]
Species:
†P. wilksoni
Binomial name
†Platycepsion wilksoni
(Stephens, 1887)[1]

Platycepsion wilksoni is an extinct species of prehistoric amphibian, known from partial skeleton deposited in shale at the Gosford Quarry site of the Terrigal Formation in Australia. This specimen may represent a larval stage, as denoted by the presence of external gills, making it the first evidence of larval development in stereospondyls.[3]

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  3. ^ Witzmann, Florian; Schoch, Rainer R. (November 2022). "The larval brachyopid Platycepsion wilkinsoni from the Triassic of New South Wales provides insight into the stereospondyl life cycle". Journal of Paleontology. 96 (6): 1447–1460. doi:10.1017/jpa.2022.57. ISSN 0022-3360.