Rhytidosteus Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Illustrations of the skull and a cross section of the tooth of Rhytidosteus capensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Superfamily: | †Rhytidosteoidea (?) |
Family: | †Rhytidosteidae (?) |
Genus: | †Rhytidosteus Owen, 1884 |
Type species | |
†Rhytidosteus capensis Owen, 1884
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Rhytidosteus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of South Africa.[1] In 2019, the remains were also discovered in the Astrakhan region, Russia.