Rastosuchus Dias et al. 2020 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Full reference: E. V. Dias, S. Dias-da-Silva, and C. L. Schultz. 2020. A new short-snouted rhinesuchid from the Permian of southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 23(2):98-122

Parent taxon: Rhinesuchidae according to E. V. Dias et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Australerpetinae, Broomistega, Eryops africanus, Eryops oweni, Gondwanosaurus, Gondwanosaurus bijoriensis, Laccosaurus, Parapytanga, Rhineceps, Rhinesuchoides, Rhinesuchus, Uranocentrodon, Uranocentrodon madagascarensis

Subtaxa: Rastosuchus hammeri

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Type: Rastosuchus hammeri

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rastosuchus in the database

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