Platyrhinops

Platyrhinops; Temporal range: Late Carboniferous,
	Holotype of platyrhinops lyelli with bones outlined in white
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Clade:	†Amphibamiformes
Genus:	†Platyrhinops; Steen, 1931
Species:	†P. lyelli
Binomial name
	†Platyrhinops lyelli; Wyman, 1858 (as Raniceps lyelli)
Synonyms
	Raniceps lyelli Wyman, 1858 [preoccupied]; Pelion lyelli Wyman in Cope, 1868 ; Tuditanus mordax Cope, 1874 ; Pelion lyellii Cope, 1875 ; Ichthycanthus platypus Cope, 1877 ; Eryops platypus Cope, 1888 ; Diceratosaurus punctolineatus Moodie, 1909 ; ?Leptophractus lancifer Romer, 1930 ; Platyrhinops mordax Steen, 1931 ; Amphibamus lyelli Bolt, 1979

Platyrhinops is an extinct genus amphibamid temnospondyl from the Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) of Ohio and the Czech Republic. It is known from many partial skeletons from the Linton site in Saline Township, Ohio and at least 6 partial specimens from the Nýřany site from the Nýřany Member of the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic.

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