Mastodonsauroidea

Mastodonsauroidea Temporal range: 251.0–161.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Triassic - Middle Jurassic

Restoration of Paracyclotosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Clade:	†Capitosauria
Superfamily:	†Mastodonsauroidea Lydekker, 1885
Synonyms
Capitosauroidea Watson, 1919

The Mastodonsauroidea are an extinct superfamily of temnospondyl amphibians known from the Triassic and Jurassic. Fossils belonging to this superfamily have been found in North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The genus Ferganobatrachus is included in this superfamily but not placed in any of the included families.

References

The Paleobiology Database
Moser, Markus& Schoch, Rainer 2007 "Revision of the type material and nomenclature of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger) (Temnospondyli) from the middle Triassic of Germany" Palaeontology 505:1245-1266

Capitosaurians
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli (unranked): Limnarchia (unranked): Stereospondylomorpha Suborder: Stereospondyli
Major groups	Mastodonsauroidea Mastodonsauridae Heylerosauridae Stenotosauridae
Genera	Antarctosuchus Calmasuchus Capitosaurus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Ferganobatrachus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Quasicyclotosaurus Sclerothorax Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasaurus Vladlenosaurus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus
Related categories	Temnospondyls Triassic amphibians

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.