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Rhinesuchoides

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Extinct genus of temnospondyls

Rhinesuchoides
Temporal range: Guadalupian-Lopingian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Rhinesuchidae
Genus: Rhinesuchoides
Olson & Broom, 1937
Type species
Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps
Olson & Broom, 1937
Other species
  • R. capensis (Haughton, 1925)
Synonyms

R. tenuiceps

  • Rhinesuchus avenanti Boonstra, 1940
  • Rhinesuchus rubidgei Boonstra, 1948

R. capensis

  • Rhinesuchus capensis Haughton, 1925

Rhinesuchoides is an extinct genus of temnospondyls in the family Rhinesuchidae. It contains two species, R. tenuiceps and R. capensis, both from the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa. The latter was formerly a species of Rhinesuchus.

See also

References

  1. Mariscano, C.A.; Latimer, E.; Rubidge, B.; Smith, R.M.H. (2017). "The Rhinesuchidae and early history of the Stereospondyli (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) at the end of the Palaeozoic". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw032. hdl:11336/105150.
Stereospondyli
Tetrapodomorpha
Temnospondyli
Stereospondyli
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Stereospondyli
Stereospondyli
Lapillopsidae
Rhinesuchidae
Lydekkerinidae
Capitosauria
Trematosauria
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Uranocentrodon senekalensis

Lydekkerina huxleyi

Paracyclotosaurus davidi
Trematosauria
Trematosauria
Benthosuchidae
Trematosauridae
Metoposauridae
Rhytidosteidae
Derwentiinae
Chigutisauridae
Brachyopidae
Plagiosauridae
Trematolestes hagdorni

Metoposaurus diagnosticus

Gerrothorax pulcherrimus
Taxon identifiers
Rhinesuchoides


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