Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae
Full reference: E. C. Olson and R. Broom. 1937. New genera and species of tetrapods from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Journal of Paleontology 11(7):613-619
Parent taxon: Rhinesuchidae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000
See also Carroll 1988 and Damiani and Rubidge 2003
Sister taxa: Australerpetinae, Broomistega, Eryops africanus, Eryops oweni, Gondwanosaurus, Gondwanosaurus bijoriensis, Laccosaurus, Parapytanga, Rastosuchus, Rhineceps, Rhinesuchus, Uranocentrodon, Uranocentrodon madagascarensis
Subtaxa: Rhinesuchoides capensis Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps
Type: Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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