Name
Rastosuchus.
Phonetic
Ras-to-soo-kus.
Named By
Eliseu Vieira Dias, S�rgio Dias-da-Silva & Cesar Leandro Schultz - 2020.
Classification
Chordata, Amphibia, Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli, Rhinesuchidae.
Diet
Piscivore/Carnivore.
Species
R. hammeri
Size
Unavailable.
Known locations
Brazil - Rio do Rasto Formation.
Time Period
Late Permian.
Fossil representation
Mandibles and partial post cranial skeleton. Partial skull also referred to the genus.
Rastosuchus is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian known to have lived in South America during the late Permian.
- A new short-snouted rhinesuchid from the Permian of southern Brazil. - Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 23 (2): 98–122. - Eliseu Vieira Dias, S�rgio Dias-da-Silva & Cesar Leandro Schultz - 2020.
