Trematosaurinae

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Trematosaurinae
Temporal range: Triassic
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Fossil of Trematolestes hagdorni in the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order:† Temnospondyli
Suborder:† Stereospondyli
Family:† Trematosauridae
Subfamily:† Trematosaurinae
Watson, 1919

Trematosaurinae is a subfamily of temnospondyl amphibians within the family Trematosauridae. Like all trematosaurids, they were marine piscivores, resembling crocodiles in their general build. Unlike the long, almost gharial-like snouts of the Lonchorhynchinae, the Trematosaurinae had more "normal" crocodile-like skulls. [1]

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Classification

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

Trematosauridae

References

  1. ↑ Damani, Ross (2004). "Cranial anatomy and relationships of Microposaurus casei, a temnospondyl from the MiddleTriassic of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3): 533–541. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0533:CAAROM]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   131215804.
  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. Bibcode:2002Palgy..45..771S. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260. S2CID   83515233.


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