Rhinesuchus

Rhinesuchus Temporal range: Late Permian

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Suborder:	Stereospondyli
Family:	Rhinesuchidae
Genus:	Rhinesuchus

Rhinesuchus is a large temnospondyl amphibian. Fossil remains of the genus are known from the Permian of the South African Karoo Basins Tapinocephalus and Cistecephalus assemblage zones, both of the Beaufort Group.

Skull in Karoo

Rhinesuchus.

References

S. H. Haughton. 1925. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13). Annals of the South African Museum 22:227-261
R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203
R. J. Damiani and B. S. Rubidge. 2003. A review of the South African temnospondyl amphibian record. Palaeontologia africana 39:21-36

Major groups of stereospondyls

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli (unranked): Limnarchia (unranked): Stereospondylomorpha

Lapillopsidae	Lapillopsis Rotaurisaurus Manubrantlia

Lydekkerinidae	Broomulus Chomatobatrachus Cryobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Limnoiketes ?Luzocephalus Lydekkerina Putterillia

Rhinesuchidae	Broomistega Laccosaurus Muchocephalus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon

Peltobatrachidae	Peltobatrachus

Mastodonsauroidea	Heylerosauridae Mastodonsauridae Sclerothoracidae Stenotosauridae

Trematosauria	Brachyopomorpha Metoposauroidea Plagiosauroidea Rhytidosteoidea Trematosauroidea

Other stereospondyls	Arachana

Related categories	Temnospondyls Permian amphibians Triassic amphibians Jurassic amphibians Cretaceous amphibians

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