Rhineceps

Rhineceps
Temporal range: Lopingian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Family: †Rhinesuchidae
Genus: †Rhineceps
Watson, 1962
Type species
Rhinesuchus nyasaensis
(Haughton, 1927)

Rhineceps is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian in the family Rhinesuchidae.[1] Rhineceps was found in Northern Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) in Southern Africa known only from its type species R. nyasaensis. Rhineceps was a late Permian (256-258 Mya) semi-aquatic carnivore that lived in streams, rivers, lakes or lagoons.[2][3][4] Rhineceps is an early divergent Stereopondyl within the family Rhinesuchidae, which only existed in the late Permian (Lopingian) and failed to survive the Permian-Triassic extinction unlike other stereospondyl families.[1]

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