Rhinesuchoides

Rhinesuchoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric temnospondyl in the family Rhinesuchidae. It contains two species, R. tenuiceps and R. capensis, both from the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa. The latter was formerly a species of Rhinesuchus.[1]

Rhinesuchoides
Temporal range: Guadalupian-Lopingian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Rhinesuchidae
Genus: †Rhinesuchoides
Olson & Broom, 1937
Type species
Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps
Olson & Broom, 1937
Other species
  • R. capensis (Haughton, 1925)
Synonyms

R. tenuiceps

  • Rhinesuchus avenanti Boonstra, 1940
  • Rhinesuchus rubidgei Boonstra, 1948

R. capensis

  • Rhinesuchus capensis Haughton, 1925

References
  1. Mariscano, C.A.; Latimer, E.; Rubidge, B.; Smith, R.M.H. (2017). "The Rhinesuchidae and early history of the Stereospondyli (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) at the end of the Palaeozoic". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw032.

See also
  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians


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