Tertremoides Explained

Tertremoides is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae from Madagascar.^[1] It was first named by Lehman, J-P. in 1966 as Trematosaurus madagascariensis but renamed to Tertremoides ambilobensis by Lehman in 1979.^[1] Its closest relative was Trematolestes.^[2]

Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Tertremoides, from Schoch (2006):^[2]

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

Notes and References

1. Lehman, J-P. . Jean-Pierre Lehman . 1979 . Nouveaux Trematosaures de madagascar, les Stegocephales Malgaches et leur Paleoecologie . Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés). 65 . 1 . 35–53 .
2. Rainer R. Schoch . 2006 . A Complete Trematosaurid Amphibian From The Middle Triassic Of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 26 . 1 . 29–43 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[29:ACTAFT]2.0.CO;2 . 85829091 .