Tertremoides
Extinct genus of amphibians
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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]
| Tertremoides Temporal range: Lower Triassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Trematosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Tertremoides Lehman, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| †T. ambilobensis Lehman, 1979 | |
Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Tertremoides, from Schoch (2006):[2]
