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Plagiosternum

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Plagiosternum
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Plagiosternum granulosum skull.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Plagiosauridae
Genus: Plagiosternum
Fraas, 1896

Plagiosternum (plae-jee-oh-ster-num, meaning "sideways breastbone") was a middle Triassic temnospondyl that is native to Spitzbergen.[1]

Restoration

References

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  1. ^ Warren, Anne. Plagiosternum granulosum E. Fraas: a plagiosaurid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic of Crailsheim, Germany. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, 1995.