Trematosuchus
Extinct genus of amphibians
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Trematosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Trematosuchus Watson, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| †Trematosaurus sobeyi Haughton, 1915 | |
Trematosuchus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae from South Africa.[1] The type species was first named by Haughton in 1915 as Trematosaurus sobeyi. It was assigned to its own genus, Trematosuchus, by D.M.S. Watson in 1919.[1]
Classification
Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:[2]
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See also
Paleontology portal
References
- ^ a b 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 (360–371): 1–73. doi:10.1098/rstb.1920.0001.
- ^ Steyer, J. S. (2002). "The first articulated trematosaur 'amphibian' from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: implications for the phylogeny of the group". Palaeontology. 45 (4): 771–793. Bibcode:2002Palgy..45..771S. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260. S2CID 83515233.
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- See also: Trematosauroidea
- Metoposauroidea
- Rhytidosteoidea
- Brachyopomorpha
- Brachyopoidea
- Plagiosauroidea
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