Tirraturhinus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae.[1] The type species is T. smisseni.[2]
Tirraturhinus Temporal range: Triassic,
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Holotype skull of T. smisseni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Trematosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Trematosaurinae |
Genus: | †Tirraturhinus Nield, Damiani and Warren, 2006 |
Type species | |
†Tirraturhinus smisseni Nield, Damiani and Warren, 2006
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See also
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edit- ^ a b "†Tirraturhinus Nield et al. 2006". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Nield, Catherine M.; Damiani, Ross; Warren, Anne (2006). "A short-snouted trematosauroid (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli) from the Early Triassic of Australia: the oldest known trematosaurine". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 30 (2): 263–271. doi:10.1080/03115510608619317. ISSN 0311-5518.