Rhinesuchoides

Rhinesuchoides
Temporal range:
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.