†Rhytidosteus capensis Owen 1884 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Synonym: Rhytidosteus uralensis Shishkin 1994

Full reference: R. Owen. 1884. On a labyrinthodont amphibian (Rhytidosteus capensis) from the Trias of the Orange Free State, Cape of Good Hope. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40:333-339

Belongs to Rhytidosteus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003 and Haughton 1925

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Rhytidosteus capensis: BMNH R.455, a partial skull. Its type locality is Beersheba, which is in an Induan/Smithian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
  • Rhytidosteus uralensis: PIN 2394/17. Its type locality is Kzyl Sai ravine, which is in an Olenekian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Petropavlovka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections), South Africa (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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