Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae
Synonyms: Phrynosuchidae Romer 1945, Rhinecepidae Ochev 1966, Uranocentrodontidae Romer 1947
Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1919. The structure, evolution and origin of the Amphibia.—The "orders" Rachitomi and Stereospondyli. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 209:1-73
Parent taxon: Stereospondyli according to R. R. Schoch 2013
See also Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1971, Schoch and Milner 2000, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Arachana, Boreosaurus, Boreosaurus thorslundi, Brachyopoidea, Brachyopomorpha, Capulomala, Chinlestegophis, Cryobatrachus, Cryobatrachus kitchingi, Diadetognathus, Diadetognathus varvicensis, Kryostega, Labyrinthodon panchetensis, Laccocephalus, Laccocephalus insperatus, Mastodonsaurus andriani, Mastodonsaurus fuerstenberganus, Mastodonsaurus indicus, Mastodonsaurus meyeri, Ninumbeehan, Pachygonia, Pachygonia incurvata, Peltobatrachus, Plagiosauroidea, Rhytidostea, Superstes
Subtaxa: Australerpetinae Broomistega Eryops africanus Eryops oweni Gondwanosaurus Gondwanosaurus bijoriensis Laccosaurus Parapytanga Rastosuchus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon Uranocentrodon madagascarensis
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (3 collections), South Africa (3)
• Permian of Brazil (5), India (2), Malawi (1), South Africa (12)
Total: 26 collections including 29 occurrences