Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1884. On a labyrinthodont amphibian (Rhytidosteus capensis) from the Trias of the Orange Free State, Cape of Good Hope. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40:333-339
Parent taxon: Rhytidosteinae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000
See also Carroll 1988, Cosgriff and Zawiskie 1979, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Marsicano and Warren 1998 and Warren and Black 1985
Sister taxon: Pneumatostega
Subtaxa: Rhytidosteus capensis
Type: Rhytidosteus capensis
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections), South Africa (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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