Trematosaurus thuringiensis Werneburg 1993 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Full reference: R. Werneburg. 1993. Trematosaurus (Amphibia) aus dem Mittleren Buntsandstein (Untertrias) von Thüringen. Veröffentlichungen des Naturhistorischen Museums Schleusingen 7/8:17-29

Belongs to Trematosaurus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Werneburg 1993

Sister taxa: Trematosaurus brauni, Trematosaurus galae

Type specimen: MB Am. 943.1/3, a skull. Its type locality is Vacha, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in Germany.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vacha

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