Rhinesuchoides

Rhinesuchoides; Temporal range: Guadalupian-Lopingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Rhinesuchidae
Genus:	†Rhinesuchoides; Olson & Broom, 1937
Type species
	Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps; Olson & Broom, 1937
Other species
	R. capensis (Haughton, 1925);
Synonyms
	R. tenuiceps Rhinesuchus avenanti Boonstra, 1940; Rhinesuchus rubidgei Boonstra, 1948; R. capensis Rhinesuchus capensis Haughton, 1925;

Rhinesuchoides is an extinct genus of temnospondyls in the family Rhinesuchidae. It contains two species, R. tenuiceps and R. capensis, both from the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa. The latter was formerly a species of Rhinesuchus.^[1]

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