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]
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Classification
Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:[2]
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See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References
- 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)
- 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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