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Trematosauria

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Trematosauria was named by Yates and Warren (2000). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Yates and Warren (2000) and Schoch (2013).

It was assigned to Stereospondyli by Yates and Warren (2000), Schoch (2013) and Fortuny et al. (2017); and to Superstes by Eltink et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Trematosauria Yates and Warren pp. 84, 99 fig. 1
2013Trematosauria Schoch
2017Trematosauria Fortuny et al.
2019Trematosauria Eltink et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Trematosauria
—Trematosauria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Trematosauria Yates and Warren 2000
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G. †Laidleria Kitching 1957
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†Laidleria gracilis Kitching 1957
Superfm. †Trematosauroidea Watson 1919
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Fm. †Almasauridae Dutuit 1972
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G. †Almasaurus Dutuit 1972
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†Almasaurus habbazi Dutuit 1972
Invalid names: Latiscopus Wilson 1948 [nomen dubium], Latiscopus disjunctus Wilson 1948 [nomen dubium]
G. †Calamops Sinclair 1917
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Invalid names: Calamops paludosus Sinclair 1917 [nomen dubium]
G. †Callistomordax Schoch 2008
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†Callistomordax kugleri Schoch 2008
Fm. †Lyrocephaliscidae Kuhn 1961
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G. †Lyrocephaliscus Kuhn 1961
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†Lyrocephaliscus euri Wiman 1914
Fm. †Metoposauridae Watson 1919
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G. †Anaschisma Branson 1905
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†Anaschisma browni Branson 1905
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Invalid names: Anaschisma brachygnatha Branson 1905 [synonym], Borborophagus wyomingensis Branson and Mehl 1929 [synonym], Koskinonodon perfectus Case 1922 [synonym]
Invalid names: Borborophagus Branson and Mehl 1929 [synonym], Buettneria Case 1922 [synonym], Koskinonodon Branson and Mehl 1929 [synonym]
G. †Apachesaurus Hunt 1993
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†Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993
G. †Arganasaurus Hunt 1993
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†Arganasaurus lyazidi Dutuit 1976
G. †Bogdania Yang 1978
G. †Dutuitosaurus Hunt 1993
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†Dutuitosaurus ouazzoui Dutuit 1972
G. †Metoposaurus Lydekker 1890
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†Metoposaurus algarvensis Brusatte et al. 2015
†Metoposaurus azerouali Dutuit 1976
†Metoposaurus bakeri Case 1931
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Invalid names: Metopias santaecrucis Koken 1913 [synonym], Metopias stuttgartensis Fraas 1913 [synonym], Metoposaurus heimi Kuhn 1932 [synonym], Metoposaurus stuttgartiensis Fraas 1913 [synonym], Trigonosternum latum Schmidt 1931 [synonym]
†Metoposaurus krasiejowensis Brusatte et al. 2015
†Metoposaurus ultimus Kuhn 1939
Invalid names: Metopias Meyer 1842 [replaced], Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis Sulej 2002 [synonym]
G. †Panthasaurus Chakravorti and Sengupta 2018
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†Panthasaurus maleriensis Chowdhury 1965
G. †Trigonosternum Schmidt 1931
Invalid names: Dictyocephalus Leidy 1856 [nomen dubium], Eupelor Cope 1869 [nomen dubium], Mastodonsaurus durus Cope 1866 [nomen dubium], Metoposaurus fraasi Lucas 1904 [nomen dubium], Metoposaurus hoffmani Dutuit 1978 [nomen dubium], Metoposaurus jonesi Case 1920 [nomen dubium]
G. †Peltostega Wiman 1916
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†Peltostega erici Wiman 1916
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Invalid names: Peltostega wimani Nilsson 1946 [synonym]
Fm. †Platystegidae Schoch and Milner 2000
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G. †Inflectosaurus Shishkin 1960
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†Inflectosaurus amplus Shishkin 1960
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Invalid names: Parotosuchus bogdoanus Ochev 1966 [synonym]
G. †Platystega Wiman 1914
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†Platystega depressa Wiman 1914
G. †Thoosuchus Efremov 1940
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†Thoosuchus abbasovi Novikov 2021
†Thoosuchus acutirostris Hartmann-Weinberg and Kuzmin 1936
†Thoosuchus tardus Getmanov 1989
†Thoosuchus tuberculatus Getmanov 1989
†Thoosuchus yakovlevi Riabinin 1927
Fm. †Trematosauridae Watson 1919
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G. †Benthosphenus Shishkin and Lozovsky 1979
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†Benthosphenus lozovskii Shishkin 1979
G. †Bukobaja Ochev 1966
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†Bukobaja enigmatica Ochev 1966
G. †Hyperokynodon Plieninger 1852
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†Hyperokynodon keuperinus Plieninger 1852
Subfm. †Lonchorhynchinae Säve-Söderbergh 1935
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G. †Aphaneramma Woodward 1904
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†Aphaneramma gavialimimus Fortuny et al. 2017
†Aphaneramma kokeni Huene 1920
†Aphaneramma rostratum Woodward 1904
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Invalid names: Lonchorhynchus oebergi Wiman 1910 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lonchorhynchus Wiman 1910 [synonym]
G. †Cosgriffius Welles 1993
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†Cosgriffius campi Welles 1993
G. †Erythrobatrachus Cosgriff and Garbutt 1972
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†Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis Cosgriff and Garbutt 1972
G. †Stoschiosaurus Säve-Söderbergh 1935
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†Stoschiosaurus nielseni Säve-Söderbergh 1935
G. †Wantzosaurus Lehman 1961
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†Wantzosaurus elongatus Lehman 1961
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Invalid names: Ifasaurus elongatus Lehman 1966 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ifasaurus Lehman 1966 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aphaneramminae Hammer 1987 [synonym], Denwasaurus Chatterjee and Hotton 1986 [nomen nudum], Glyptognathus Lydekker 1882 [nomen dubium], Glyptognathus fragilis Lydekker 1882 [nomen dubium], Gonioglyptus Huxley 1865 [nomen dubium], Gonioglyptus longirostris Huxley 1865 [nomen dubium], Panchetosaurus Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium], Panchetosaurus panchetensis Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium]
G. †Lyrocephalus Wiman 1914
G. †Prothoosuchus Getmanov 1989
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†Prothoosuchus blomi Getmanov 1989
†Prothoosuchus samariensis Getmanov 1989
Subfm. †Tertreminae Schoch and Milner 2000
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G. †Tertrema Wiman 1914
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†Tertrema acuta Wiman 1914
G. †Tertremoides Lehman 1979
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Invalid names: Tertremoides ambilobensis Lehman 1979 [synonym]
G. †Trematolestes Schoch 2006
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†Trematolestes hagdorni Schoch 2006
Subfm. †Trematosaurinae Watson 1919
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G. †Microposaurus Haughton 1925
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†Microposaurus averyi Warren 2012
†Microposaurus casei Haughton 1925
G. †Tirraturhinus Nield et al. 2006
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†Tirraturhinus smisseni Nield et al. 2006
G. †Trematosuchoides Novikov 2012
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G. †Trematosuchus Watson 1919
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†Trematosuchus sobeyi Haughton 1915
G. †Trematosaurus Burmeister 1849
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†Trematosaurus brauni Burmeister 1849
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Invalid names: Labyrinthodon ocella Meyer 1855 [synonym], Trematosaurus fuchsi Seidlitz 1920 [synonym]
†Trematosaurus galae Novikov 2010
†Trematosaurus thuringiensis Werneburg 1993
G. †Trematotegmen Getmanov 1982
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†Trematotegmen otschevi Getmanov 1982
Invalid names: Lyrocephalinae Säve-Söderbergh 1935 [empty], Thoosuchinae Getmanov 1989 [empty], Trematosaurus kannemeyeri Broom 1909 [nomen dubium]
Fm. †Wetlugasauridae Säve-Söderbergh 1935
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G. †Sassenisaurus Nilsson 1942
Invalid names: Gonioglyptus huxleyi Lydekker 1882 [nomen dubium], Indolyrocephalus Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium], Indolyrocephalus panchetensis Tripathi 1969 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Metoposauroidea Watson 1919 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Albian or 252.17000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (293 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany (Bavaria) Trematosaurus fuchsi (232276)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Greenland (Northeast Greenland National Park) Lyrocephalinae indet. (143875) Stoschiosaurus new species?, Stoschiosaurus nielseni, Lyrocephalinae indet. (143870)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Queensland) Tirraturhinus smisseni (94541) Trematosauridae indet. (85560)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Trematotegmen otschevi (195805)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Lonchorhynchinae indet. (144333)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Pakistan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Gonioglyptus kokeni (136568)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Thoosuchus sp. (141240)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Ivanovo) Lyrocephalus acutirostris (28467)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Australia (Western Australia) Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis (136548)
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2Madagascar (Diana) Aphaneramma sp. (144089) Ifasaurus elongatus (144087) Tertremoides ambilobensis (144090) Tertremoides madagascariensis, Aphaneramma gavialimimus (144100) Trematosaurus madagascariensis (144081) Wantzosaurus elongatus (144080)
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2India (West Bengal) Gonioglyptus longirostris, Indolyrocephalus panchetensis (175172) Gonioglyptus longirostris, Indolyrocephalus panchetensis, Gonioglyptus huxleyi, Glyptognathus fragilis, Panchetosaurus panchetensis (117188) Indolyrocephalus panchetensis (175173)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Benthosphenus lozovskii (196094)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Thoosuchus tardus (196086)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Aphaneramma rostratum (143886 144048) Aphaneramma rostratum, Peltostega wimani (120366) Aphaneramma rostratus, Lyrocephalus euri, Tertrema acuta (120232) Lonchorhynchus oebergi (120372 143892) Lyrocephalus euri (144043 211987) Lyrocephalus euri, Lonchorhynchus oebergi (120231) Lyrocephalus euri, Lonchorhynchus oebergi, Lonchorhynchus sp., Tertrema acuta (120230) Peltostega erici, Lyrocephalus euri, Lonchorhynchus oebergi, Aphaneramma rostratum, Platystega depressa (120228) Peltostega wimani (120298)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Thoosuchus sp. (195850 195869 195875 195879 196037) Trematotegmen otschevi (196038)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Trematosaurus brauni (196668)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Prothoosuchus sp. (196091)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Inflectosaurus amplus, Parotosuchus bogdoanus (157208)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Trematosaurus sobeyi (144330)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Aphaneramma sp. (47280 47293)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Trematosuchus sobeyi (144331)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Arizona) Cosgriffius campi (95105)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Trematosauridae indet. (195813) Trematosaurus sp. (196040 196059)
Spathian - Anisian251.3 - 242.0Algeria (Illizi) Lonchorhynchinae indet. (107215)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Thoosuchinae indet. (94238)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Thoosuchus sp. (195831 195872 196029 196036) Thoosuchus sp., Prothoosuchus blomi (195797) Thoosuchus tuberculatus (195849) Trematosaurus sp. (195829 195843)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Yaroslavl) Thoosuchus yakovlevi (105043)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Komi) Trematosaurus sp. (85454)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Prothoosuchus samariensis (192169) Thoosuchus sp. (196084)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Vologda) Thoosuchus sp. (28479)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Germany (Thüringen) Trematosaurus thuringiensis (134516)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Trematosauridae indet. (145503)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Volgograd) Trematosaurus galae (27343)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Australia (Queensland) Trematosauridae indet. (136402)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Laidleria gracilis (144122) Microposaurus casei (144319 144344)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Jordan Trematosauroidea indet. (118056)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India Lonchorhynchinae indet. (136646)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Bukobaja sp. (189562)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Free State) Microposaurus casei (144343)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Microposaurus averyi (136481)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Bukobaja enigmatica (97411) Bukobaja sp. (97439)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Almasauridae indet., Bukobaja enigmatica (101873) Callistomordax kugleri, Trematolestes hagdorni (101875) Trematolestes hagdorni (106349 106352)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Metopias diagnosticus (97870) Metopias stuttgartensis (106462) Metoposaurus diagnosticus (106458 106461 106463 106997) Metoposaurus diagnosticus, Hyperokynodon keuperinus (106459)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Zimbabwe (Mashonaland West) Metoposauridae indet. (220715)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (New Mexico) Metoposauridae indet. (179085) Metoposauridae indet., Apachesaurus gregorii (83736) Metoposauridae indet., Metoposaurus fraasi (22718)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Bayern) Metoposaurus heimi (97735 97736 97737 97738) Metoposaurus sp. (124374)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Stereospondyli indet. (107286)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Texas) Apachesaurus gregorii, Metoposaurus sp. (84271)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Wyoming) Anaschisma browni, Anaschisma brachygnatha (91900) Anaschisma sp. (91569) Anaschisma sp., Koskinonodon sp., Koskinonodon princeps (91532) Borborophagus sp. (91571) Borborophagus wyomingensis (91566 91568) Koskinonodon sp. (91567) Metoposauridae indet. (107395)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (Bolzano) Metoposaurus diagnosticus (106510)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) Metoposauridae indet., Almasaurus habbazi (94786) Metoposaurus azerouali (222689) Metoposaurus lyazidi (58618) Metoposaurus ouazzoui (222690)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Metoposaurus sp. (207798 207799) Temnospondyli indet. (94787)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Portugal (Algarve) Metoposauridae indet. (82902 82903)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Poland (Opole) Metoposaurus diagnosticus (61448)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Utah) Metoposauridae indet. (196167)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5India (Telangana) Temnospondyli indet. (112285)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Apachesaurus gregorii, Buettneria perfecta (71982) Buettneria bakeri (12942 22666) Buettneria perfecta (71980) Buettneria sp. (22706 22707 98596) Buettneria sp., Metoposaurus jonesi (71976) Metoposauridae indet., Buettneria howardensis, Latiscopus disjunctus (22704)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Metoposauridae indet. (218155)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5India (Andhra Pradesh) Metoposauridae indet. (174080) Metoposaurus maleriensis (136899 136900 136901)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Madagascar (Toliara) Metoposauridae indet., Metoposaurus hoffmani (106539)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Texas) Metoposaurus sp., Metoposaurus perfecta (39671)
Carnian - Rhaetian237.0 - 201.3Morocco (Marrakech) Almasauridae indet. (34677) Metoposauridae indet. (34678)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria (Lower Austria) Metoposaurus santaecrucis (197689)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (Oklahoma) Buettneria sp. (94088)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Poland (Opole) Metoposaurus diagnosticus (61449)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Pennsylvania) Buettneria perfecta (105836) Calamops paludosus (107422) Mastodonsaurus durus (107421) Metoposauridae indet. (59371)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Anaschisma sp. (83739) Apachesaurus gregorii (93653 93671 94105) Apachesaurus sp. (179083) Apachesaurus sp., Apachesaurus gregorii (48516) Buettneria sp. (75657 75658 75659 75663 75668 80926) Eupelor sp. (57071) Metoposauridae indet. (75652 75655 75660 75661 75670 93565 93578 93584 93586 93608 93613 93615 93646 94089 94097 179082 179084 179598 223030) Metoposauridae indet., Apachesaurus sp. (93576 93579 93658) Metoposauridae indet., Apachesaurus sp., Anaschisma sp. (83738) Metoposauridae indet., Buettneria sp. (75651) Metoposauridae indet., Buettneria sp., Apachesaurus sp. (55248) Metoposauridae indet., Metoposaurus sp. (93611) Metoposaurus sp. (84272) Temnospondyli indet., Amphibia indet. (83737)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) Dictyocephalus elegans (99429)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Metoposaurus diagnosticus (106509)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Jersey) Metoposauridae indet. (12856 92106)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Anaschisma sp. (84263 84266) Apachesaurus gregorii (48421 48546 49500 92827 93415 93418 93423 93425 93443 93459) Apachesaurus gregorii, Buettneria perfecta (39160 52499 92826 93113 93135 93432 93541) Apachesaurus gregorii, Koskinonodon perfectus (92811) Apachesaurus sp. (92855) Buettneria perfecta (52500 52501 52502 57683 92322 92819 92821 92910 92911 92912 92913 92922 92928 92929 92933 93111 93112 93115 93116 93118 93123 93125 93131 93133 93227 93229 93230 93232 93351 93352 93354 93356 93357 93360 93361 93363 93364 93428 93430 93460 93473) Buettneria sp., Apachesaurus sp. (22705 92850 92856) Metoposauridae indet. (57685 57686 93438 93453 93470 93474 93551 223390) Metoposauridae indet., Apachesaurus gregorii, Buettneria perfecta (84264) Metoposauridae indet., Apachesaurus gregorii, Metoposaurus fraasi (48547) Metoposauridae indet., Buettneria perfecta (93569 93571) Metoposauridae indet., Metoposaurus sp. B (48423) Metoposaurus fraasi (84268 93542) Placerias gigas, Metoposaurus sp. (39219)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Oklahoma) Metoposauridae indet. (94096)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Buettneria perfecta (94493) Metoposauridae indet. (13273 48424 196537 218143 218147) Metoposauridae indet., Metoposaurus bakeri (218126) Metoposaurus fraasi (84269)
Lacian - Alaunian221.5 - 212.0USA (New Mexico) Apachesaurus sp. (92090)
Lacian - Sevatian221.5 - 205.6USA (New Mexico) Buettneria sp. (62311)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Arizona) Buettneria sp., Metoposaurus sp. (84009) Metoposaurus sp. (84014 84015)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Metoposauridae indet. (139488) Metoposaurus ultimus (139483)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Lorraine) Capitosauridae indet. (36106)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Wales) Trematosaurus sp. (72293)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5China (Xinjiang) Trematosauroidea indet. (89993)