Plagiosaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = [[Triassic]] |image = Plagiosaurus DB.jpg | taxon = Plagiosaurus | authority = Jaekel, [[1914 in paleontology|1914]] | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Plagiosaurus depressus''''' | type_species_authority = Jaekel, 1914 }} '''''Plagiosaurus''''' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl [[amphibian]]. The type and only species is ''P. depressus'', first described by [[Otto Jaekel]] in 1914.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Witzmann |first1=F. |last2=Schoch |first2=R. R. |title=Osteology and phylogenetic position of ''Plagiosaurus depressus'' (Temnospondyli: Plagiosauridae) from the Late Triassic of Germany and the repeated loss of dermal bones in plagiosaurids |year=2024 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae014 |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae014/7615792 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Arthur Smith Woodward]] regarded the genus as a synonym of ''[[Plagiosternum]]'', but most researchers consider it to be valid.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFwLAAAAIAAJ |title=Transactions of the American Philosophical Society |publisher=American Philosophical Society |year=1946 |isbn=978-1-4223-7723-9 |volume=35 |pages=395 |language=en}}</ref> It was [[Pedomorphosis|paedomorphic]], retaining the larval [[gill]]s in adulthood. Like many [[Stereospondyli|stereospondyls]], it had weak simplified [[vertebrae]], consisting of large [[intercentrum|intercentra]] and [[neural arch]]es, which is known as the stereospondylous condition.

== References == {{Reflist}}{{Trematosauria|P.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q594924}}

[[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Europe]] [[Category:Plagiosauridae]]