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Rhytidosteus capensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Taxonomy
Rhytidosteus capensis was named by Owen (1884). Its type specimen is BMNH R.455, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beersheba, which is in an Induan/Smithian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Rhytidosteus.

Synonyms
  • Rhytidosteus uralensis was named by Shishkin (1994). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 2394/17. Its type locality is Kzyl Sai ravine, which is in an Olenekian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Petropavlovka Formation of the Russian Federation.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Rhytidosteus capensis by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Rhytidosteus capensis Owen
1925Rhytidosteus capensis Haughton p. 248
1994Rhytidosteus uralensis Shishkin
2000Rhytidosteus capensis Schoch and Milner p. 81
2003Rhytidosteus capensis Damiani and Rubidge p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
infraorderRhytidostea
superfamilyRhytidosteoidea
familyRhytidosteidaeHuene 1920
subfamilyRhytidosteinaeHuene 1920
genusRhytidosteus
speciescapensis

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.

†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: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Rhytidosteus capensis (type locality: 145597)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rhytidosteus uralensis (195823)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rhytidosteus uralensis (93205)