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Rhytidosteus
Taxonomy
Rhytidosteus was named by Owen (1884). It is not extant. Its type is Rhytidosteus capensis.
It was assigned to Trematosauroidea by Warren and Black (1985); to Rhytidosteinae by Schoch and Milner (2000); and to Rhytidosteidae by Haughton (1925), Cosgriff and Zawiskie (1979), Carroll (1988), Marsicano and Warren (1998) and Damiani and Rubidge (2003).
It was assigned to Trematosauroidea by Warren and Black (1985); to Rhytidosteinae by Schoch and Milner (2000); and to Rhytidosteidae by Haughton (1925), Cosgriff and Zawiskie (1979), Carroll (1988), Marsicano and Warren (1998) and Damiani and Rubidge (2003).
Species
R. capensis (syn. R. uralensis) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Rhytidosteus Owen |
| 1925 | Rhytidosteus Haughton p. 248 |
| 1979 | Rhytidosteus Cosgriff and Zawiskie p. 23 |
| 1985 | Rhytidosteus Warren and Black |
| 1988 | Rhytidosteus Carroll |
| 1998 | Rhytidosteus Marsicano and Warren p. 152 |
| 2000 | Rhytidosteus Schoch and Milner p. 81 |
| 2003 | Rhytidosteus Damiani and Rubidge p. 31 |
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G. †Rhytidosteus Owen 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available