Trimerorhachidae

Trimerorhachidae
Skull of Trimerorhachis insignis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	† Temnospondyli
Suborder:	† Dvinosauria
Family:	† Trimerorhachidae Cope, 1882

Diagram of trimerorhachid skulls

Trimerorhachidae is a family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls, including Lafonius , Trimerorhachis , Procuhy and Neldasaurus . ^{[1] [2] [3]}

They were semiaquatic carnivores that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian. ^[4]

Gallery

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  Trimerorhachis insignis , of the early Permian of Texas
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  Neldasaurus wrightae , of the early Permian of Texas
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  Procuhy nazariensis , of the early Permian of Brazil

References

1. Yates, Adam M.; Warren, A. Anne (2000). "The phylogeny of the 'higher' temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 128 (1): 89. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00650.x .
2. Cisneros, Juan C.; Marsicano, Claudia; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Smith, Roger M. H.; Richter, Martha; Fröbisch, Jörg; Kammerer, Christian F.; Sadleir, Rudyard W. (2015-11-05). "New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 8676. doi:10.1038/ncomms9676. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   4659833 . PMID   26537112.
3. Pawley, Kat (2007). "The postcranial skeleton of Trimerorhachis insignis Cope, 1878 (Temnospondyli: Trimerorhachidae): A plesiomorphic temnospondyl from the Lower Permian of North America" . Journal of Paleontology. 81 (5): 873–894. doi:10.1666/pleo05-131.1. ISSN   0022-3360. S2CID   59045725.
4. "Trimerorhachidae - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.