Trematosuchus

Trematosuchus
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. ^[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

• Paleontology portal

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

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. Bibcode:2002Palgy..45..771S. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00260. S2CID   83515233.