Tertema Skull Replica

Description

Tertema Skull Replica for Ichthyology

Tertema skull replica measures 12.0 x 7.0 x 2.0 inches. T. acuta skull replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from the University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkely, CA. specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

These ancient batrachomorphs featured flattened, narrow heads with raised orbits and elongated snouts. These specialized predators used unique, keeled palatal teeth and had “closed” stegokrotaphic skulls.

However, while ancient tetrapods had over forty dermal bones, modern amphibians have reduced this number to nineteen. Moreover, the skull has a dicondylic connection, meaning it connects to the spine via two articulatory condyles.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Clade: Tetrapoda
  Order: †Temnospondyli
• Suborder: †Stereospondyli
  Family: †Trematosauridae
• Subfamily: †Trematosaurinae
• Genus: †Tertrema Wiman, 1915
• Type species: †T. acuta Wiman, 1915
• Conservation status: Extinct

To highlight the link between early aquatic hunters and land-dwellers, this tertrema skull pairs well with other predators. Furthermore, for a simple study of jaw shapes and teeth, try showing this Triassic amphibian next to the large fangs of the payara wolf fish skull replica.

Additionally, you can compare it to the early living fossil build of the alligator gar fish skull replica and the big, sharp plates of the prehistoric dunkleosteus fish jaw replica. These items together offer a great look at how animals changed over millions of years.