Rastosuchus

In Depth        Rastosuchus is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian known to have lived in South America during the late Permian. Further Reading -‭ ‬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.

Rhinesuchus

rhinesuchus

In Depth        While not the last of the large carnivorous amphibians,‭ ‬Rhinesuchus existed at a time when the majority of the other species became extinct during the Permian-triassic extinction event.‭ ‬After this time the reptiles would become the dominant life forms until the KT extinction.        The skull on Rhinesuchus had a flat triangular shape with … Read more