Melosaurinae

Melosaurinae is an extinct subfamily of temnospondyl amphibians, part of the family Archegosauridae. Most melosaurines are known from Russia, although an unnamed species has been found in Brazil.[1] Unlike the long-skulled archegosaurids of the family Platyoposaurinae, melosaurines have shorter, broadened snouts.

Melosaurinae
Temporal range: Middle - Late Permian
Restoration of Melosaurus platyrhinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Archegosauridae
Subfamily: †Melosaurinae
Subgroups

See text.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Ruta et al. (2007):[2]

Archegosauroidea 
 
 

Sclerocephalus haeuseri

 
 

Syndyodosuchus tetricus

 
 
 
 
 

Cheliderpeton vrayni

 
 
 

Cheliderpeton latirostre

 
 

Intasuchus silvicola

 
 
 
 
Melosaurinae
 
 

Konzhukovia vetusta

 
 

Tryphosuchus paucidens

 
 
 
 

Koinia silantjevi

 
 
 

Melosaurus uralensis

 
 

Uralosuchus tverdochlebovae

 
 
 
 
 
 

Archegosaurus dyscriton

 
 
 

Archegosaurus decheni

 
 
 
 

Collidosuchus tchudinovi

 
 

Kashmirosaurus ornatus

 
 
 
 

Australerpeton cosgriffi

 
 
 

Bashkirosaurus cherdyncevi

 
 
 

Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi

 
 

Prionosuchus plummeri

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. Dias-Da-Silva, S. R. (2012). "Middle-Late Permian tetrapods from the Rio do Rasto Formation, Southern Brazil: A biostratigraphic reassessment". Lethaia. 45: 109–120. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00263.x.
  2. Ruta, Marcello; Pisani, Davide; Lloyd, Graeme T; Benton, Michael J (2007). "A supertree of Temnospondyli: Cladogenetic patterns in the most species-rich group of early tetrapods". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274 (1629): 3087–3095. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1250. PMC 2293949. PMID 17925278.


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