†superfamily Rhytidosteoidea Cosgriff 1965 (tetrapod)
Full reference: J. W. Cosgriff. 1965. A new genus of Temnospondyli from the Triassic of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48:65-90
Parent taxon: Rhytidostea according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxon: Indobrachyops
Subtaxa: Derwentiidae Indobrachyopidae Rhytidosteidae
Type: Rhytidosteidae
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (12 collections), Brazil (2), Madagascar (5), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (3)
• Permian of Australia (1)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences