Tirraturhinus smisseni Nield et al. 2006 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Full reference: C. M. Nield, R. Damiani, and A. Warren. 2006. A short-snouted trematosauroid (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli) from the Early Triassic of Australia: the oldest known trematosaurine. Alcheringa 30:263-271

Belongs to Tirraturhinus according to C. M. Nield et al. 2006

See also Poropat et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: QM F44093, a partial skull. Its type locality is QML 215, Duckworth Creek, which is in an Induan terrestrial mudstone in the Arcadia Formation of Australia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at QML 215, Duckworth Creek

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