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Rhinesuchus whaitsi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Taxonomy
Rhinesuchus whaitsi was named by Broom (1908). Its type specimen is SAM 1212, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leeu-Gamka , which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Rhinesuchus whaitsi Broom
1925Rhinesuchus whaitsi Haughton p. 227
1931Rhinesuchus broomianus Huene
1940Rhinesuchus beaufortensis Boonstra
1962Muchocephalus muchos Watson
2000Rhinesuchus broomianus Schoch and Milner p. 72
2000Rhinesuchus whaitsi Schoch and Milner p. 72
2003Rhinesuchus whaitsi Damiani and Rubidge p. 29
2017Rhinesuchus whaitsi Marsicano et al.

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

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

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 265.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) Rhinesuchus whaitsi (89650 93097 type locality: 176244)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Muchocephalus muchos (80178)