Prionosuchus | |
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Life restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Archegosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Platyoposaurinae |
Genus: | †Prionosuchus Price, 1948[1] |
Type species | |
†Prionosuchus plummeri Price, 1948[2]
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Prionosuchus is an extinct genus of large temnospondyl. A single species P. plummeri, is recognized from the Early Permian (some time between 299 and 272 million years ago). Its fossils have been found in what is now northeastern Brazil.