Tertremoides

Tertremoides is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae from Madagascar.[1] It was first named by Lehman, J-P. in 1966 as Trematosaurus madagascariensis but renamed to Tertremoides ambilobensis by Lehman in 1979.[1] Its closest relative was Trematolestes.[2]

Tertremoides
Temporal range: Lower Triassic
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Tertremoides

Lehman, 1979
Species
  • T. ambilobensis Lehman, 1979 (type)

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Tertremoides, from Schoch (2006):[2]

Thoosuchus

Trematosaurus

Platystega

Lyrocephaliscus

Tertrema

Trematolestes

Tertremoides

 Lonchorhynchinae 

Wantzosaurus

Aphaneramma

Cosgriffius

See also

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References

  1. Lehman, J-P. (1979). "Nouveaux Trematosaures de madagascar, les Stegocephales Malgaches et leur Paleoecologie". Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 65 (1): 35–53.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Rainer R. Schoch (2006). "A Complete Trematosaurid Amphibian From The Middle Triassic Of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 29–43. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[29:ACTAFT]2.0.CO;2.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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