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Rhineceps

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Taxonomy
Rhineceps was named by Watson (1962). It is not extant. Its type is Rhinesuchus nyasaensis.

It was assigned to Rhinesuchidae by Carroll (1988), Schoch and Milner (2000), Schoch (2013).

Species
R. nyasaensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. karibaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Rhineceps Watson
1988Rhineceps Carroll
2000Rhineceps Schoch and Milner p. 70
2013Rhineceps Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
familyRhinesuchidae
genusRhinecepsWatson 1962

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Rhineceps Watson 1962
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†Rhineceps nyasaensis Haughton 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available