Mastodonsauridae Temporal range: 250.0–199.6 Ma Triassic |
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Skull of Heptasaurus cappelensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Capitosauria |
Superfamily: | †Mastodonsauroidea |
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†Mastodonsauridae Lydekker, 1885 |
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Mastodonsauridae is a family of capitosauroid temnospondyls. Fossils belonging to this family have been found in North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The family Capitosauridae (also known as Cyclotosauridae and Stenotosauridae) is synonymous with Mastodonsauridae.