Rhachitomi
Extinct clade of amphibians
title: "Rhachitomi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["temnospondyli", "mississippian-first-appearances", "early-cretaceous-extinctions"] description: "Extinct clade of amphibians" topic_path: "general/temnospondyli" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhachitomi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct clade of amphibians ::
| taxon = Rhachitomi | fossil_range = Early Carboniferous - Early Cretaceous, | image = Trimerorhachis insignis.JPG | image_caption = Skull of Trimerorhachis insignis | authority = Watson, 1919 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text
Rhachitomi is a group of temnospondyl amphibians that includes all temnospondyls except edopoids and dendrerpetontids. It was established as a clade name by German paleontologist Rainer R. Schoch in 2013,
|label1=Temnospondyli |1={{clade |1=Edopoidea |label2=Eutemnospondyli |2={{clade |1="Dendrerpetontidae" |label2=Rhachitomi |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=Dvinosauria |2={{clade |1=Zatracheidae |2=Dissorophoidea}} }} |label2=Eryopiformes |2={{clade |1=Eryopidae |label2=Stereospondylomorpha |2={{clade |1=Sclerocephalus |2={{clade |1=Glanochthon |2={{clade |1=Archegosaurus |2={{clade |1=Australerpeton |label2=Stereospondyli |2={{clade |1=Rhinesuchidae |2={{clade |1=Lydekkerina |2={{clade |1=Capitosauria |2=Trematosauria
References
References
- (2013). "The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: An inclusive phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
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