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Rhinesuchus ("nose crocodile") was a large labyrinthodont amphibian whose fossil remains are known from the Permian of South African Karoo Basin (Tapinocephalus and Cistecephalus assemblage zones, Beaufort Group). It was considered to be the last of its kind (labyrinthodonts) until the discovery of Koolasuchus.
[edit] In popular culture
Rhinesuchus was featured in the 2005 BBC series Walking With Monsters, which depicted it as a crocodile-like animal that wrapped itself in a cocoon during dry periods, like a lungfish; only it was unearthed and eaten by a Gorgonops during its last ditch attempt to sit out the drought.
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