Rhinesuchoides capensis Haughton 1925

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Alternative combination: Rhinesuchus capensis

Synonym: Rhinesuchus avenanti Boonstra 1940

Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1925. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13). Annals of the South African Museum 22:227-261

Belongs to Rhinesuchoides according to C. A. Marsicano et al. 2017

See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925 and Schoch and Milner 2000

Sister taxon: Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps

Type specimens:

  • Rhinesuchoides capensis: SAM 7419, a skull. Its type locality is Spitzkop, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
  • Rhinesuchus avenanti: Its type locality is Mynhardtskraal, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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