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Rastosuchus

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Rastosuchus
Temporal range: GuadalupianLopingian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Rhinesuchidae
Genus: Rastosuchus
Dias et al., 2020
Species:
R. hammeri
Binomial name
Rastosuchus hammeri
Dias et al., 2020

Rastosuchus is an extinct genus of stereospondyl temnospondyl within the family Rhinesuchidae. It contains one species, Rastosuchus hammeri, found in the Permian Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.[1]

References

  1. ^ Dias, Eliseu Vieira; Dias-da-Silva, Sérgio; Schultz, Cesar Leandro (14 July 2020). "A new short-snouted rhinesuchid from the Permian of southern Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 23 (2): 98–122. doi:10.4072/rbp.2020.2.03.