Trematolestes

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

Trematolestes Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Trematosauridae
Subfamily:	†Trematosaurinae
Genus:	†Trematolestes Schoch, 2006
Type species
†T. hagdorni Schoch, 2006

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