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Rhytidosteidae

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Rhytidosteidae
Temporal range: Late Permian - Early Triassic 252.3–Late Triassic Ma[clarification needed]
Life restoration of the small rhytidosteid Nanolania anatopretia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Superfamily: Rhytidosteoidea
Family: Rhytidosteidae
von Huene, 1920
Subgroups

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Rhytidosteidae is a family of Temnospondyli that lived in the Permian and Triassic.

Phylogeny

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Below is a cladogram from Dias-da-Silva and Marsicano (2011):[1]

Stereospondyli

References

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  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.
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