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Prionosuchus : ウィキペディア英語版 | Prionosuchus
''Prionosuchus'' is an extinct genus of large temnospondyl. A single species, ''P. plummeri,'' is recognized from the middle Permian period (270 million years ago). Its fossils have been found in what is now northeastern Brazil. ==Description==
The fragmentary remains of this animal have been found in the Pedra do Fogo Formation in the Parnaiba Basin of Northeastern Brazil, and it was described by L.I. Price in 1948.〔L.I. Price, 1948, Um anfibio Labirinthodonte da formacao Pedra de Fogo, Estado do Maranhao: Ministerio da Agricultura, Departamento Nacional da Producao ineral Divisao de Geologia e Mineralogia, Boletim n. 124, p. 7-32.〕 The incomplete skull of the holotype specimen has been estimated to be long.〔Cox, C.B., and Hutchinson, P. (1991). "Fishes and amphibians from the Late Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation of Northern Brazil" ''Palaeontology'', 34(3): 561-573.〕 Several more fragmentary specimens have been found. One very fragmentary but very large specimen (BMNH R12005) appears to have come from an individual nearly three times the size of most other specimens, and may have had a skull that measured up to long.〔 Based on related species, the total body length of this specimen has been estimated at about , making it the largest known species of temnospondyl.〔Levy, D.L., & Heald, R. (2015). "Biological Scaling Problems and Solutions in Amphibians." ''Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology'', a019166.〕 With an elongated and tapered snout, numerous sharp teeth, long body, short legs, and a tail adapted for swimming, its general appearance was very similar to a modern crocodile, particularly to the gharial, and it probably had a similar lifestyle as an ambush aquatic predator feeding on fish and other aquatic animals.
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