Trimerorhachidae

Trimerorhachidae
Skull of Trimerorhachis insignis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Dvinosauria
Family: †Trimerorhachidae
Cope, 1882
Diagram of trimerorhachid skulls

Trimerorhachidae is a family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls, including Lafonius, Trimerorhachis, Procuhy and Neldasaurus.[1][2][3]

They were semiaquatic carnivores that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian.[4]

References

  1. ^ Yates, Adam M.; Warren, A. Anne (2000). "The phylogeny of the 'higher' temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 128 (1): 89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00650.x.
  2. ^ Cisneros, Juan C.; Marsicano, Claudia; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Smith, Roger M. H.; Richter, Martha; Fröbisch, Jörg; Kammerer, Christian F.; Sadleir, Rudyard W. (2015-11-05). "New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 8676. doi:10.1038/ncomms9676. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4659833. PMID 26537112.
  3. ^ Pawley, Kat (2007). "The postcranial skeleton of Trimerorhachis insignis Cope, 1878 (Temnospondyli: Trimerorhachidae): A plesiomorphic temnospondyl from the Lower Permian of North America". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (5): 873–894. doi:10.1666/pleo05-131.1. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 59045725.
  4. ^ "Trimerorhachidae - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.


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