Trematosuchus

Trematosuchus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae from South Africa.[1] It was first named by Haughton in 1915 as Trematosaurus sobeyi. It was assigned to its own genus Trematosuchus by Watson in 1919.[1]

Trematosuchus
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Trematosuchus

Watson, 1919
Species
  • T. sobeyi Haughton, 1915 (type)

Classification

Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:[2]

Trematosauridae 
 Trematosaurinae 

Tertrema

Lyrocephaliscus

Platystega

Luzocephalus

Trematosaurus

Trematosuchus

 Lonchorhynchinae 

Aphaneramma

Erythrobatrachus

Cosgriffius

Stoschiosaurus

Wantzosaurus

See also

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References

  1. Watson, D. M. S. (1919). "The structure, evolution and origin of the Amphibia. The "orders" Rachitomi and Stereospondyli". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 209: 1–73. doi:10.1098/rstb.1920.0001.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Steyer, J. S. (2002). "The first articulated trematosaur 'amphibian' from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: implications for the phylogeny of the group". Palaeontology. 45: 771–793. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260.


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