Rhytidosteidae

Rhytidosteidae is a family of Temnospondyli that lived in the Permian and Triassic.

Rhytidosteidae
Temporal range: Late Permian - Early Triassic 252.3–Late Triassic Ma
Life restoration of the small rhytidosteid Nanolania anatopretia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Superfamily: †Rhytidosteoidea
Family: †Rhytidosteidae
von Huene, 1920
Subgroups

See text.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Dias-da-Silva and Marsicano (2011):[1]

Stereospondyli
 

Benthosuchus

 
 

Watsonisuchus

 
 
 
 

Uruyiella

 
 
 

Peltobatrachus

 
 
 

Rhineceps

 
 
 

Australerpeton

 
 

Rhytidosteus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lapillopsis

 
 

Lydekkerina

 
 
Trematosauria
 

Trematosaurus

 
 
 

Luzocephalus

 
 
 

Chomatobatrachus

 
 
Brachyopoidea
 

Bothriceps

 
 
 

Xenobrachyops

 
 

Keratobrachyops

 
 
 
Rhytidosteidae
 
 

Nanolania

 
 

Trucheosaurus

 
 
 
 

Boreopelta

 
 
 

Peltostega

 
 
 
 

Pneumatostega

 
 
 

Sangaia

 
 

Mahavisaurus

 
 
 
Derwentiinae
 

Deltasaurus

 
 
 

Arcadia

 
 
 

Rewana

 
 

Acerastia

 
 
 

Derwentia

 
 

Indobrachyops

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Dias-da-Silva, S.; Marsicano, C. (2011). "Phylogenetic reappraisal of Rhytidosteidae (Stereospondyli: Trematosauria), temnospondyl amphibians from the Permian and Triassic". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2): 305–325. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492664.
  • Yates, AM (2000), A new tiny rhytidosteid (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyi) from the Early Triassic of Australia and the possibility of hidden temnospondyl diversity. J. Vert Paleontol. 20:484-489.


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