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Trematosuchus sobeyi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy
Trematosaurus sobeyi was named by Haughton (1915). Its type specimen is SAM 2779, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Queenstown, which is in a Spathian terrestrial sandstone in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Trematosuchus.

It was recombined as Trematosuchus sobeyi by Haughton (1925), Shishkin and Welman (1994), Schoch and Milner (2000), Damiani and Rubidge (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Trematosaurus sobeyi Haughton
1925Trematosuchus sobeyi Haughton p. 250
1994Trematosuchus sobeyi Shishkin and Welman p. 41
2000Trematosuchus sobeyi Schoch and Milner p. 110
2003Trematosuchus sobeyi Damiani and Rubidge p. 31

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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
subfamilyTrematosaurinaeWatson 1919
genusTrematosuchusWatson 1919
speciessobeyi()

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.

Trematosuchus sobeyi Haughton 1915
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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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Trematosauridae indet. (145503)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Trematosaurus sobeyi (144330)