Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Rhytidosteidae
Taxonomy
Rhytidosteidae was named by Huene (1920). It is not extant. It is the type family of Rhytidosteoidea.
It was assigned to Stereospondyli by Haughton (1925); to Trematosauroidea by Warren and Black (1985); to Temnospondyli by Marsicano and Warren (1998); to Rhytidosteoidea by Cosgriff (1965), Cosgriff and Zawiskie (1979), Carroll (1988) and Schoch and Milner (2000); to Trematosauria by Yates and Warren (2000); and to Stereospondyli by Damiani and Rubidge (2003).
It was assigned to Stereospondyli by Haughton (1925); to Trematosauroidea by Warren and Black (1985); to Temnospondyli by Marsicano and Warren (1998); to Rhytidosteoidea by Cosgriff (1965), Cosgriff and Zawiskie (1979), Carroll (1988) and Schoch and Milner (2000); to Trematosauria by Yates and Warren (2000); and to Stereospondyli by Damiani and Rubidge (2003).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
---|---|
1920 | Rhytidosteidae Huene |
1925 | Rhytidosteidae Haughton p. 248 |
1965 | Rhytidosteidae Cosgriff p. 67 |
1979 | Rhytidosteidae Cosgriff and Zawiskie p. 3 |
1985 | Rhytidosteidae Warren and Black p. 314 |
1988 | Rhytidosteidae Carroll |
1998 | Rhytidosteidae Marsicano and Warren p. 147 |
2000 | Rhytidosteidae Schoch and Milner p. 80 |
2000 | Rhytidosteidae Yates and Warren pp. 84, 103 fig. 1 |
2003 | Rhytidosteidae Damiani and Rubidge p. 31 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
Fm. †Rhytidosteidae Huene 1920
show all | hide all
G. †Arcadia Warren and Black 1985
G. †Cabralia Dias-da-Silva et al. 2006
Subfm. †Peltosteginae Save-Soderbergh 1935
hide
G. †Deltasaurus Cosgriff 1965
+
†Deltasaurus kimberleyensis Cosgriff 1965
†Deltasaurus pustulatus Cosgriff 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 |
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Olenekian or 259.90000 to 247.20000 Ma
Collections (25 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
---|---|---|---|
Wuchiapingian | Australia (New South Wales) | Bothriceps major (136494) | |
Induan | Australia (Queensland) | Nanolania anatopretia (94541) | |
Induan | Australia (Tasmania) | Deltasaurus kimberleyensis (136590 136591 136595) | |
Induan | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Pneumatostega potamia (144129) | |
Induan | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Pneumatostega potamia (144128) | |
Induan - Olenekian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Cabralia lavinai (99231) Rhytidosteidae indet. (94112) | |
Induan - Olenekian | Australia (Western Australia) | Deltasaurus kimberleyensis (136545 136546 136547 136548 136549) Deltasaurus pustulatus (136550) | |
Induan - Smithian | Madagascar (Diana) | Lyrosaurus australis (144081 144086 144094) Mahavisaurus dentatus (144083) | |
Induan - Smithian | South Africa (Free State) | Rhytidosteus capensis (145597) | |
Smithian | Madagascar | Mahavisaurus dentatus (119513) | |
Spathian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Rhytidosteus uralensis (195823) | |
Olenekian | Russian Federation (Sakha Republic) | Boreopelta vavilovi (189569) | |
Olenekian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Rhytidosteidae indet. (27343) | |
Olenekian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Rhytidosteus uralensis (93205) |