Trematosuchus | |
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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. 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.
Classification
Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:
Trematosauridae |
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See also
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 (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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Trematosuchus |
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