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''Plagiosternum'' (plae-jee-oh-ster-num, meaning "sideways
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") was a middle
Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...
temnospondyl Temnospondyli (from Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') is a diverse order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered primitive amphibians—that flourished worldwide during the Carbo ...
that is native to Spitzbergen.Warren, Anne. Plagiosternum granulosum E. Fraas: a plagiosaurid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic of Crailsheim, Germany. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, 1995.


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Triassic temnospondyls of Europe Plagiosauridae {{temnospondyli-stub