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Tirraturhinus

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Tirraturhinus
Temporal range: Triassic, 252.3–251.3 Ma[1]
Holotype skull of T. smisseni
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Tirraturhinus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae.[1] The type species is T. smisseni.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "†Tirraturhinus Nield et al. 2006". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ 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.