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Rhinesuchus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Rhinesuchus Broom
1919Rhinesuchus Watson p. 65
1923Rhinesuchus wolgodvinensis Yakovlev p. 342–343 figs. Pl. 15:4–9, 16:1–5
1925Rhinesuchus Haughton p. 227
1961Rhinesuchus wadiai Tripathi p. 401 figs. Pl. 5:1–2
1988Rhinesuchus Carroll
2000Rhinesuchus Schoch and Milner p. 72
2003Rhinesuchus Damiani and Rubidge p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
familyRhinesuchidae
genusRhinesuchusBroom 1908

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. †Rhinesuchus Broom 1908
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Rhinesuchus senekalensis van Hoepen 1911
Rhinesuchus whaitsi Broom 1908
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Invalid names: Muchocephalus muchos Watson 1962 [synonym], Rhinesuchus beaufortensis Boonstra 1940 [synonym], Rhinesuchus broomianus Huene 1931 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhinesuchus wadiai Tripathi 1961 [nomen dubium], Rhinesuchus wolgodvinensis Yakovlev 1923 [nomen dubium]
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Early/Lower Triassic or 264.28000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) R. sp. (176246)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) R. whaitsi (89650 93097 176244)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) R. sp. (171377)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India (Madhya Pradesh) R. wadiai (156990)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Western Cape) Muchocephalus muchos (80178)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Russian Federation (Kostroma) R. wolgodvinensis (159892) R. wolgodwinensis (159891)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Russian Federation (Kirov) R. wolgodvinensis (159893)