Biology:Rhytidosteidae

Short description: Extinct family of amphibians

Rhytidosteidae Temporal range: Late Permian - Early Triassic 252.3–Late Triassic Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of the small rhytidosteid Nanolania anatopretia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Superfamily:	†Rhytidosteoidea
Family:	†Rhytidosteidae von Huene, 1920
Subgroups
See text.

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

Phylogeny

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

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

• 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.

External links

• Rhytidosteidae at Palaeos.

Wikidata ☰ Q7322012 entry