Rhinesuchoides
Extinct genus of temnospondyls
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Rhinesuchidae |
| Genus: | †Rhinesuchoides Olson & Broom, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps Olson & Broom, 1937 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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R. tenuiceps
R. capensis
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