Rhytidosteus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Rhytidosteus

| fossil_range = Early Triassic

| image = Rhytidosteus capensis Owen.jpg

| image_caption = Illustrations of the skull and a cross section of the tooth of Rhytidosteus capensis

| display_parents = 2

| authority = Owen, 1884

| type_species = {{extinct}}Rhytidosteus capensis

| type_species_authority = Owen, 1884

}}

File:Rhytidosteus capensis.jpg

Rhytidosteus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of South Africa.{{cite journal |last=Dias-da-Silva |first=S. |author2=Marsicano, C. |year=2011 |title=Phylogenetic reappraisal of Rhytidosteidae (Stereospondyli: Trematosauria), temnospondyl amphibians from the Permian and Triassic |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=305–325 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2010.492664|hdl=11336/68471 |hdl-access=free }} In 2019, the remains were also discovered in the Astrakhan region, Russia.