Trematolestes

Trematolestes; Temporal range: Middle Triassic
	Fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	†Trematosauroidea
Family:	†Trematosauridae
Genus:	†Trematolestes; Schoch, 2006
Species
	†T. hagdorni Schoch, 2006 (type);

Trematolestes is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Lower Keuper (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of southern Germany.^[1] It was first named by Rainer R. Schoch in 2006 and the type species is Trematolestes hagdorni. It is the first trematosaurid represented by a nearly complete skeleton.^[1]

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Trematolestes, from Schoch (2006):^[1]

Thoosuchus

Trematosaurus

	Platystega

	Lyrocephaliscus

Tertrema

	Trematolestes

	Tertremoides

Lonchorhynchinae

Wantzosaurus

	Aphaneramma

	Cosgriffius

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Rainer R. Schoch (2006). "A Complete Trematosaurid Amphibian From The Middle Triassic Of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 29–43. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[29:ACTAFT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85829091.

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[Schoch-1] Rainer R. Schoch (2006). "A Complete Trematosaurid Amphibian From The Middle Triassic Of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 29–43. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[29:ACTAFT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85829091.

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