Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae
Full reference: M. A. Shishkin and B. S. Rubidge. 2000. A relict rhinesuchid (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa. Palaeontology 43(4):653-670
Parent taxon: Rhinesuchidae according to M. A. Shishkin and B. S. Rubidge 2000
See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003
Sister taxa: Australerpetinae, Eryops africanus, Eryops oweni, Gondwanosaurus, Gondwanosaurus bijoriensis, Laccosaurus, Parapytanga, Rastosuchus, Rhineceps, Rhinesuchoides, Rhinesuchus, Uranocentrodon, Uranocentrodon madagascarensis
Subtaxa: Broomistega putterilli
Type: Lydekkerina putterilli
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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