Trimerorhachidae
Extinct family of temnospondyls
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Trimerorhachidae is a family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls, including Lafonius, Trimerorhachis, Procuhy and Neldasaurus.[1][2][3]
| Trimerorhachidae | |
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| Skull of Trimerorhachis insignis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Dvinosauria |
| Family: | †Trimerorhachidae Cope, 1882 |
They were semiaquatic carnivores that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian.[4]
Gallery
Neldasaurus wrightae, of the early Permian of Texas
Procuhy nazariensis, of the early Permian of Brazil
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