Rhytidosteoidea

Rhytidosteoidea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	† Temnospondyli
Suborder:	† Stereospondyli
Clade:	† Trematosauria
Superfamily:	† Rhytidosteoidea Cosgriff, 1965 [1]
Families
Indobrachyopidae? Rhytidosteidae

Rhytidosteoidea is a superfamily of Temnospondyli, early amphibian species that existed during the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic periods. The taxon was established in 1965 to accommodate two new species of Deltasaurus , the author recognising an alliance with previously described genera. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Cosgriff, J.W. (1965). "A new genus of Temnospondyli from the Triassic of-Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 48: 65–90.
2. "Fossilworks: Rhytidosteoidea". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

• Yates, Adam M.; Warren, A. Anne (January 2000). "The phylogeny of the 'higher' temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 128 (1): 77–121. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00650.x .

Further reading

• Cosgriff, John W.; Zawiskie, John M. (1979). "A new species of the Rhytidosteidae from the Lystrosaurus zone and a review of the Rhytidosteoidea". Palaeontologia Africana. 22: 1–27. hdl: 10539/16282 .
• Cosgriff, J. W. (1965). "A new genus of Temnospondyli from the Triassic of Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 48 (3): 65–90.
• Warren, Anne; Black, Trevor (1985). "A new rhytidosteid (Amphibia, Labyrinthodontia) from the Early Triassic Arcadia Formation of Queensland, Australia, and the relationships of Triassic temnospondyls". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (4): 303–327. doi:10.1080/02724634.1985.10011868.

External links

• Rhytidosteoiea at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.

• Paleontology portal