Trematolestes
| Trematolestes Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Fossil, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Trematosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Trematolestes Schoch, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †T. hagdorni Schoch, 2006 | |
Trematolestes is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Lower Keuper (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of southern Germany. 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.
Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Trematolestes, from Schoch (2006):