Platystega

Platystega is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae.

Platystega
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Infraorder:	†Trematosauria
Superfamily:	†Trematosauroidea
Family:	†Trematosauridae
Genus:	†Platystega Wiman, 1915
Species
†P. depressa Wiman, 1915 (type)

Classification

Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:[1]

Trematosauridae	Trematosaurinae      Tertrema       Lyrocephaliscus     Platystega           Luzocephalus       Trematosaurus     Trematosuchus          Lonchorhynchinae    Aphaneramma       Erythrobatrachus     Cosgriffius       Stoschiosaurus     Wantzosaurus

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

1. Steyer, J. S. (2002). "The first articulated trematosaur 'amphibian' from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: implications for the phylogeny of the group". Palaeontology. 45: 771–793. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260.