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Tertremoides madagascariensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy
Trematosaurus madagascariensis was named by Lehman (1966). Its type specimen is MNHN MAE 3039, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mahatsara, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Tertremoides.

It was recombined as Tertremoides madagascariensis by Schoch and Milner (2000) and Maganuco and Pasini (2009).

Synonyms
  • Tertremoides ambilobensis was named by Lehman (1979). Its type specimen is MNHN specimen, a partial skull (Mould of skull roof), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Ambilobe, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Tertremoides madagascariensis by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Trematosaurus madagascariensis Lehman p. 130 figs. Pl. 4-6
1979Tertremoides ambilobensis Lehman p. 41 figs. 4, Pl. 3
2000Tertremoides madagascariensis Schoch and Milner p. 115
2009Tertremoides madagascariensis Maganuco and Pasini p. 95

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

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.

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Invalid names: Tertremoides ambilobensis Lehman 1979 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Smithian or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2Madagascar (Diana) Tertremoides ambilobensis (144090) Tertremoides madagascariensis (144100) Trematosaurus madagascariensis (type locality: 144081)