Trematosuchus
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Trematosuchus is an extinct genus
of trematosauria
n temnospondyl within the family
Trematosauridae
from South African. It was first named by Haughton in 1915 as Trematosaurus sobeyi
. It was assigned to its own genus Trematosuchus by Watson in 1919.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of trematosauria
Trematosauria
Trematosauria is one of two major groups of temnospondyl amphibians that survived the Permian-Triassic extinction event, the other being the Capitosauria. The trematosaurs were a diverse and important group that included many medium-sized to large forms that were semi-aquatic to totally aquatic...
n temnospondyl within the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Trematosauridae
Trematosauridae
Trematosauridae are a family of large temnospondyl amphibians with many members. They first appeared during the Olenekian stage of the Early Triassic, and existed up until around the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic, although by then they were very rare...
from South African. It was first named by Haughton in 1915 as Trematosaurus sobeyi
Trematosaurus
Trematosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian found in Germany and Russia. It was first named by Hermann Burmeister in 1849 and the type species is Trematosaurus brauni.-Valid species:...
. It was assigned to its own genus Trematosuchus by Watson in 1919.