Archegosaurus is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian which lived during the Asselian to Wuchiapingian stages of the Permian, around 299-253 million years ago. The remains of this animal, consisting of at least 90 partial skeletons (mostly skulls), have been found in Germany. The name Archegosaurus was coined by Goldfuss in 1847. Archegosaurus is a member of Archegosauridae and is that family's type genus.
skulls), have been found in Germany. The name Archegosaurus was coined by Goldfuss in 1847. Archegosaurus is a member of Archegosauridae and is that family's...
feeding on fish and other aquatic animals. A study on the closely related Archegosaurus shows that it had a heat balance, gas exchange, osmoregulation, and...
Still, some extinct tetrapod groups did retain true gills. A study on Archegosaurus demonstrates that it had internal gills like true fish. Crustaceans...
shark, Triodus sessilis, was discovered containing two amphibians (Archegosaurus decheni and Cheliderpeton latirostre), one of which had consumed a fish...
Jurassic. Evidence of clear fish-like internal gills is present in Archegosaurus. Lungs originated as an extra pair of pouches in the throat, behind...
longer-snouted Platyoposaurinae and the shorter-snouted Melosaurinae. Archegosaurus decheni, of the early Permian of Germany Prionosuchus plummeri, of the...
species of Archegosaurus called Archegosaurus ornatus. More recently, the species has been recognized as being distinct from Archegosaurus, and it was...
Steinkohlengebirge, Dritte Abtheilung: der Geschichte der Deutschen Labyrinthodonten Archegosaurus. Berlin: G. Reimer, 74 pp. Romer, A. S., (1947, revised ed. 1966) Vertebrate...
parietal foramina, small holes in their skulls behind their eye sockets. Archegosaurus, Dendrerpeton, Eryops and Trimerorhachis were placed in this group and...
Permian, is known to have been fed upon by the temnospondyl amphibians Archegosaurus and Cheliderpeton. Acanthodes was likely capable of opening its jaws...
early twentieth century to include early amphibians such as Eryops and Archegosaurus that had rhachitomous vertebrae. Many early tetrapods have vertebrae...
relative of eryopids, Sclerocephalus is often grouped near the genus Archegosaurus as a basal stereospondylomorph. The most commonly accepted phylogeny...
described in 1993 by J. A. Boy from Germany, after having been assigned to Archegosaurus. It differs from the type in having a less extensive preorbital region...
Steinkohlengebirge, Dritte Abtheilung: der Geschichte der Deutschen Labyrinthodonten Archegosaurus. Berlin: G. Reimer, 74 pp. Owen, R. (1861): Palaeontology, or a Systematic...
WITZMANN, FLORIAN; SCHOCH, RAINER R. (November 2006). "The Postcranium of Archegosaurus Decheni, and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Temnospondyl Postcrania". Palaeontology...
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