Trematolestes

Trematolestes is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Lower Keuper (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of southern Germany.[1] It was first named by Rainer R. Schoch in 2006 and the type species is Trematolestes hagdorni. It is the first trematosaurid represented by a nearly complete skeleton.[1]

Restoration

Trematolestes
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:
†Trematosauroidea
Family:
†Trematosauridae
Genus:
†Trematolestes

Schoch, 2006
Species
  • †T. hagdorni Schoch, 2006 (type)

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Trematolestes, from Schoch (2006):[1]

 
 

Thoosuchus

 
 
 

Trematosaurus

 
 
 
 

Platystega

 
 

Lyrocephaliscus

 
 
 
 

Tertrema

 
 
 
 

Trematolestes

 
 

Tertremoides

 
 
 Lonchorhynchinae 
 

Wantzosaurus

 
 
 

Aphaneramma

 
 

Cosgriffius

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. 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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