Trimerorhachidae

Trimerorhachidae
Skull of Trimerorhachis insignis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Dvinosauria
Family: Trimerorhachidae
Cope, 1882
Diagram of trimerorhachid skulls

Trimerorhachidae is a family of dvinosaurian temnospondyls, including Lafonius, Trimerorhachis, Procuhy and Neldasaurus.[1][2][3]

They were semiaquatic carnivores that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian.[4]

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