Trematosaurus brauni Burmeister 1849 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Synonyms: Labyrinthodon ocella Meyer 1855, Trematosaurus fuchsi Seidlitz 1920

Belongs to Trematosaurus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Kuhn 1971, Meyer 1855, Welles and Cosgriff 1965 and Werneburg 1993

Sister taxa: Trematosaurus galae, Trematosaurus thuringiensis

Type specimens:

  • Trematosaurus brauni: Its type locality is Merkel's Quarry (lower), Bernburg, which is in a Spathian terrestrial sandstone in the Solling Formation of Germany
  • Labyrinthodon ocella:
  • Trematosaurus fuchsi: Its type locality is Altendorf quarry, which is in a Buntsandstein terrestrial sandstone in Germany.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (1 collection)

• Permian of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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