Rhinesuchoides
Appearance
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Rhinesuchoides Temporal range:
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Scientific 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
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Other species | |
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Synonyms | |
R. tenuiceps
R. capensis
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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.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.