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 African.[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]

See also

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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: 1–73. 
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