Trematosuchus

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Trematosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
†Temnospondyli
Infraorder:
†Trematosauria
Superfamily:
†Trematosauroidea
Family:
†Trematosauridae
Genus:
†Trematosuchus

Watson, 1919
Species
  • †T. sobeyi Haughton, 1915 (type)

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]

Classification

Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:[2]

Trematosauridae 

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The structure, evolution and origin of the Amphibia. The "orders" Rachitomi and Stereospondyli". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 209: 1–73. 1919. doi:10.1098/rstb.1920.0001. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  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: 771–793. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260.


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