Trematolestes
| Trematolestes Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
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| Fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | Trematosauroidea |
| Family: | Trematosauridae |
| Genus: | Trematolestes Schoch, 2006 |
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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]
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References
- 1 2 3 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.
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