Vertebrata - Stegocephali - Archegosauridae

Alternative combination: Platyops rickardi

Belongs to Platyoposaurus according to M. A. Shishkin et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi, Platyoposaurus vjuschkovi, Platyoposaurus watsoni

Type specimen: a specimen of Rickard's collection (current whereabouts unknown), a skull. Its type locality is Kargalinski Mines, which is in an Urzhumian deltaic sandstone/conglomerate in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore