Rhytidosteidae

Rhytidosteidae Temporal range: Late Permian - Early Triassic 252.3–Late Triassic  Ma [ clarification needed ] PreꞒ Ꞓ 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
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): ^[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. Bibcode:2011JSPal...9..305D. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492664. hdl: 11336/68471 .

• 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.