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Trematosaurus brauni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy
Trematosaurus brauni was named by Burmeister (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merkel's Quarry (lower), Bernburg, which is in a Spathian terrestrial sandstone in the Solling Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Trematosaurus brauni Burmeister
1855Trematosaurus brauni Meyer p. 139
1855Labyrinthodon ocella Meyer p. 140
1920Trematosaurus fuchsi Seidlitz
1971Trematosaurus brauni Kuhn p. 8
2000Trematosaurus brauni Schoch and Milner p. 109

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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
genusTrematosaurusBurmeister 1849
speciesbrauniBurmeister 1849

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.

†Trematosaurus brauni Burmeister 1849
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Invalid names: Labyrinthodon ocella Meyer 1855 [synonym], Trematosaurus fuchsi Seidlitz 1920 [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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Buntsandstein to the top of the Spathian or 259.51000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany (Bavaria) Trematosaurus fuchsi (232276)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Trematosaurus brauni (type locality: 196668)