{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Triassic]], {{Fossil range|252.3|251.3}} | taxon = Plagiobatrachus | authority = Warren, 1985 | type_species = {{extinct}} ''Plagiobatrachus australis'' | type_species_authority = Warren, 1985 }}
'''''Plagiobatrachus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[Plagiosauridae|plagiosaurid]] [[temnospondyl]]. It is known from the Rewan Formation, an [[Early Triassic]] formation in Australia.
== History of study == ''Plagiobatrachus'' was described for vertebrae and partial mandibular material with pustular ornamentation for the type species, ''P. australis'', by Anne Warren.<ref name="Triassic Australian Plagiosauroid"/> This remains the only plagiosaurid known from Australia and one of the few records from the present-day southern hemisphere. It is also one of the few Early Triassic records of plagiosaurids. The vertebrae of plagiosaurids are fairly distinctive in having a single massive central element and neural arches that sit between successive centra (intercentral), allowing for the identification of the vertebral material as that of a plagiosaurid.<ref name="postcranial skeleton"/> However, the fragmentary nature of the material and the absence of any additional recovered material has limited the study of this taxon.
==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology}} * [[Prehistoric amphibian]] * [[List of prehistoric amphibians]]
==References== <references> <ref name="Triassic Australian Plagiosauroid">{{Cite journal|last=Warren|first=Anne|date=1985|title=Triassic Australian Plagiosauroid|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1304838|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=59|issue=1|pages=236–241|issn=0022-3360}}</ref>
<ref name="postcranial skeleton">{{Cite journal|last=Warren|first=Anne|last2=Snell|first2=Nicola|date=1991-01-01|title=The postcranial skeleton of Mesozoic temnospondyl amphibians: a review|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03115519108619009|journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology|volume=15|issue=1|pages=43–64|doi=10.1080/03115519108619009|issn=0311-5518|url-access=subscription}}</ref> </references>
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[[Category:Plagiosauridae]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1985]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Australia]]