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Trematosuchus

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Trematosuchus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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Below is a cladogram from Steyer (2002) showing the phylogenetic relationships of trematosaurids:[2]

Trematosauridae 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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.