Biology:Trematosuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Trematosuchus
Trematosuchus sobeyi.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
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]

Trematosauridae 
 Trematosaurinae 

Tertrema

Lyrocephaliscus

Platystega

Luzocephalus

Trematosaurus

Trematosuchus

 Lonchorhynchinae 

Aphaneramma

Erythrobatrachus

Cosgriffius

Stoschiosaurus

Wantzosaurus

See also

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 (360–371): 1–73. doi:10.1098/rstb.1920.0001. 
  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 (4): 771–793. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260. Bibcode2002Palgy..45..771S. 

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