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Rhytidosteus capensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)251509https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=251509
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Rhytidosteidae : Rhytidosteus : Rhytidosteus capensis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
-Rhachitomi
-EryopiformesSchoch 2013
-StereospondylomorphaYates and Warren 2000
-Stereospondyli
infraorderRhytidosteaSchoch and Milner 2000
superfamilyRhytidosteoideaCosgriff 1965
familyRhytidosteidaeHuene 1920
subfamilyRhytidosteinaeHuene 1920
genusRhytidosteusOwen 1884
speciesRhytidosteus capensisOwen 1884
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhytidosteus capensisspeciesbelongs to Rhytidosteusstated without evidenceOwen, 1884
Rhytidosteus capensisspeciesbelongs to Rhytidosteusstated with evidenceSchoch and Milner, 2000
Rhytidosteus capensisspeciesbelongs to Rhytidosteusstated without evidenceDamiani and Rubidge, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Owen. 1884. On a labyrinthodont amphibian (Rhytidosteus capensis) from the Trias of the Orange Free State, Cape of Good Hope. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40:333-339

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1884Rhytidosteus capensis Owen
1925Rhytidosteus capensis Haughton p. 248
1994Rhytidosteus uralensis Shishkin
2000Rhytidosteus capensis Schoch and Milner p. 81
2003Rhytidosteus capensis Damiani and Rubidge p. 31

References

Owen R. On a labyrinthodont amphibian (Rhytidosteus capensis) from the Trias of the Orange Free State, Cape of Good Hope, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40, 333-339
Haughton S. H. (1925) Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13), Annals of the South African Museum 22, 227-261
Schoch R., Milner A. R. (2000) Stereospondyli, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B, 1-203
Damiani R. J., Rubidge B. S. (2003) A review of the South African temnospondyl amphibian record, Palaeontologia africana 39, 21-36
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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