Trematolestes

Trematolestes
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Trematosauroidea
Family: Trematosauridae
Genus: Trematolestes
Schoch, 2006
Species
  • T. hagdorni Schoch, 2006 (type)

Trematolestes is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Lower Keuper (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of southern Germany.[1] It was first named by Rainer R. Schoch in 2006 and the type species is Trematolestes hagdorni. It is the first trematosaurid represented by a nearly complete skeleton.[1]

Restoration

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Trematolestes, from Schoch (2006):[1]



Thoosuchus




Trematosaurus





Platystega



Lyrocephaliscus





Tertrema





Trematolestes



Tertremoides



 Lonchorhynchinae 

Wantzosaurus




Aphaneramma



Cosgriffius









References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rainer R. Schoch (2006). "A Complete Trematosaurid Amphibian From The Middle Triassic Of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (1): 29–43. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[29:ACTAFT]2.0.CO;2.