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Trematosauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Trematosaurus kannemeyeri Broom
1919Trematosauridae Watson p. 67
1925Trematosauridae Haughton p. 249
1925Trematosaurus kannemeyeri Haughton p. 249
1935Trematosauridae Säve-Söderbergh p. 131
1946Trematosauridae Kuhn p. 52
1971Trematosauridae Kuhn p. 8
1988Trematosauridae Carroll
1993Trematosauridae Welles
2000Trematosauridae Schoch and Milner
2000Aphaneramma kannemeyeri Schoch and Milner p. 112
2000Trematosauridae Yates and Warren pp. 84, 100 fig. 1
2003Trematosauridae Damiani and Rubidge p. 31
2006Trematosauridae Schoch p. 30
2013Trematosauridae Schoch
2017Trematosauridae Fortuny et al.

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

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.

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]
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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Buntsandstein to the top of the Rhaetian or 265.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Buntsandstein265.0 - 252.3Germany (Bavaria) Trematosaurus fuchsi (232276)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Pakistan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Gonioglyptus kokeni (136568)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Greenland (Northeast Greenland National Park) Lyrocephalinae indet. (143875) Stoschiosaurus new species?, Stoschiosaurus nielseni, Lyrocephalinae indet. (143870)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Lonchorhynchinae indet. (144333)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Trematotegmen otschevi (195805)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Queensland) Tirraturhinus smisseni (94541) Trematosauridae indet. (85560)
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 (175172) Gonioglyptus longirostris, Glyptognathus fragilis, Panchetosaurus panchetensis (117188)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Aphaneramma rostratum (120366 143886 144048) Aphaneramma rostratus, Tertrema acuta (120232) Lonchorhynchus oebergi (120231 120372 143892) Lonchorhynchus oebergi, Aphaneramma rostratum (120228) Lonchorhynchus oebergi, Lonchorhynchus sp., Tertrema acuta (120230)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Trematotegmen otschevi (196038)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Benthosphenus lozovskii (196094)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Arizona) Cosgriffius campi (95105)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Prothoosuchus sp. (196091)
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 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Trematosauridae indet. (195813) Trematosaurus sp. (196040 196059)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Trematosaurus brauni (196668)
Spathian - Anisian251.3 - 242.0Algeria (Illizi) Lonchorhynchinae indet. (107215)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Prothoosuchus blomi (195797) Trematosaurus sp. (195829 195843)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Volgograd) Trematosaurus galae (27343)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Trematosauridae indet. (145503)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Prothoosuchus samariensis (192169)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Germany (Thüringen) Trematosaurus thuringiensis (134516)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Komi) Trematosaurus sp. (85454)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Thoosuchinae indet. (94238)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Australia (Queensland) Trematosauridae indet. (136402)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Free State) Microposaurus casei (144343)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Microposaurus averyi (136481)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India Lonchorhynchinae indet. (136646)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Bukobaja sp. (189562)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Microposaurus casei (144319 144344)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Bukobaja enigmatica (97411) Bukobaja sp. (97439)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Bukobaja enigmatica (101873) Trematolestes hagdorni (101875 106349 106352)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hyperokynodon keuperinus (106459)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Wales) Trematosaurus sp. (72293)