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Rhytidosteinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Taxonomy

Rhytidosteinae was named by Huene (1920). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhytidosteidae by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Subtaxa

Pneumatostega, Rhytidosteus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1920	Rhytidosteinae Huene
2000	Rhytidosteinae Schoch and Milner p. 80

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
class	Amphibia
order	Temnospondyli	()
—	Eutemnospondyli
—	Rhachitomi	()
—	Eryopiformes
—	Stereospondylomorpha
—	Stereospondyli	()
infraorder	Rhytidostea
superfamily	Rhytidosteoidea
family	Rhytidosteidae	Huene 1920
subfamily	Rhytidosteinae	Huene 1920
subfamily	Rhytidosteinae	Huene 1920

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.

Subfm. †Rhytidosteinae Huene 1920

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G. †Pneumatostega Cosgriff and Zawiskie 1979

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†Pneumatostega potamia Cosgriff and Zawiskie 1979

G. †Rhytidosteus Owen 1884

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†Rhytidosteus capensis Owen 1884

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Invalid names: Rhytidosteus uralensis Shishkin 1994 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilesubo

Life habit:

amphibioussubo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Dispersal:

waterc

Created:

2009-07-20 21:44:54

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:44:54

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Spathian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Induan	251.902 - 249.9	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Pneumatostega potamia (144128)
Induan	251.902 - 249.9	South Africa (Northern Cape)	Pneumatostega potamia (144129)
Induan - Smithian	251.902 - 248.1	South Africa (Free State)	Rhytidosteus capensis (145597)
Olenekian	249.9 - 246.7	Russian Federation (Orenburg)	Rhytidosteus uralensis (93205)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Russian Federation (Orenburg)	Rhytidosteus uralensis (195823)