Rhytidosteus
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| Rhytidosteus Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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| Illustrations of the skull and a cross section of the tooth of Rhytidosteus capensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | "Amphibia" (wide sense) |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Rhytidosteoidea (?) |
| Family: | †Rhytidosteidae (?) |
| Genus: | †Rhytidosteus Owen, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| †Rhytidosteus capensis Owen, 1884 | |
Life restoration
Rhytidosteus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of South Africa.[1]
References
- ↑ Dias-da-Silva, S.; and Marsicano, C. (2011). "Phylogenetic reappraisal of Rhytidosteidae (Stereospondyli: Trematosauria), temnospondyl amphibians from the Permian and Triassic". Journal of Systematic Paleontology 9 (2): 305–325. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492664.
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