Name:
Tirraturhinus.
Phonetic: Tir-ra-tur-ry-nus.
Named By: C. M. Nield, R. Damiani &
A. Warren - 2006.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia,
Temnospondyli, Trematosauria, Trematosauroidea, Trematosauridae.
Species: T. smisseni (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Australia, Queensland -
Arcadia Formation.
Time period: Induan of the Triassic
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Tirraturhinus is a genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl amphibian that lived in what is now Australia during the earliest stage of the Triassic.
Further reading
- A short-snouted trematosauroid (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli)
from the Early Triassic of Australia: the oldest known
trematosaurine. - Alcheringa 30:263-271. - C. M. Nield,
R. Damiani & A. Warren - 2006.