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]

Restoration

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

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.