Rhinesuchoides

Rhinesuchoides Temporal range: Guadalupian-Lopingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

Rhinesuchoides is an extinct genus of temnospondyls 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]

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

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. hdl:11336/105150.