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{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
{{distinguish|Telmatosaurus|Trematosaurus}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range =  [[Late Triassic]], {{fossilrange|203|201|earliest=205|latest=Early Jurassic}}
| image = Termatosaurus albertii teeth.JPG
| image_caption = Teeth of ''T. albertii''
| taxon = Termatosaurus
| authority = [[Hermann von Meyer|Meyer]] & Plieninger, 1844
| type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Termatosaurus albertii''''' 
| type_species_authority = Meyer & Plieninger, 1844
| display_parents = 2
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*{{extinct}}''T. albertii'' <small>Meyer & Plieninger, 1844 ([[type species|type]])</small>
*{{extinct}}''T. crocodilinus'' <small>[[Friedrich August von Quenstedt|Quenstedt]], 1858</small>
}}

'''''Termatosaurus''''' ("End Lizard", due to its appearance in the [[Upper Triassic|End Triassic]]) is a potentially [[Nomen dubium|dubious]]<ref>Stocker, M. R.; Butler, R. J. (2013). "Phytosauria". ''Geological Society, London, Special Publications.'' {{doi|10.1144/SP379.5}}.</ref> [[genus]] of [[archosaur]] known from several tooth specimens. Its remains come from the [[Upper Triassic]] of  [[France]], [[England]], [[Germany]] and [[Switzerland]].  

''Termatosaurus'' was once thought to have survived until the [[Early Jurassic]], but the attributed Jurassic remains were redescribed as plesiosaur material. Two species are known of this animal: the [[type species]], ''T. albertii'', named by Meyer and T. Plieninger in 1844,<ref>[[Hermann von Meyer|H. v. Meyer]] and T. Plieninger. (1844). Beiträge zur Paläontologie Württemberg’s, enthaltend die Fossilen Wirbelthierreste aus den Triasgebilden mit Besonderer Rücksicht auf die Labyrinthodonten des Keupers [Contributions to the Paleontology of Württemberg, Including the Fossil Vertebrate Remains from the Triassic Formations with Special Regard to the Labyrinthodonts of the Keupers] 1-132 </ref> and ''T. crocodilinus'', by Quenstedt (1858). 

According to [[Oskar Kuhn]], ''Termatosaurus'' is a [[plesiosaur]] (of the [[Rhomaleosauridae]]),<ref>O. Kuhn. (1964). Ungelöste Probleme der Stammesgeschichte der Amphibien und Reptilien [Unsolved problems of the phylogeny of amphibians and reptiles]. ''Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg'' 118/119:293-325</ref><ref>O. Kuhn. (1971). Die Saurier der deutschen Trias [Reptiles of the German Triassic] 1-105</ref> while according to other sources, it is a [[phytosaur]].<ref>H. v. Meyer. (1845). System der fossilen Saurier [Taxonomy of fossil saurians]. ''Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde'' 1845:278-285</ref> 

==Gallery==
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File:Termatosaurus albertii.JPG|[[Tooth]] of ''T. albertii''
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==References==
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[[Category:Nomina dubia]]
[[Category:Phytosauria]]
[[Category:Late Triassic reptiles of Europe]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1844]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer]]
[[Category:Prehistoric reptile genera]]


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