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372 / Mesozoic
Trematolestes
Trematolestes hagdorni
A narrow snout was built to snap at fish in water.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 242–238 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Triassic
- Geographic range
- Freshwater delta channels · Germany
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Trematolestes?
Trematolestes (Trematolestes hagdorni) was an extinct organism known from About 242–238 million years ago, with a range in Freshwater delta channels · Germany.
Life and ecology
This trematosaurid followed small fish and aquatic invertebrates through delta channels.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Trematolestes disappear?
Middle Triassic drainage change is possible context; the fossil record does not establish why this regional lineage disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Trematolestes?
Associated skull and skeleton material preserves the snout, palatal teeth and tail vertebrae.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS