Mastodonsauridae

Mastodonsauridae Temporal range: 250.0–199.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Triassic
Heptasaurus kappelensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Suborder:	Stereospondyli
Superfamily:	Capitosauroidea
Family:	Mastodonsauridae Lydekker, 1885
Genera
see text

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.

Genera

• Archotosaurus
• Bukobaja
• Capitosaurus
• Cyclotosaurus
• Eryosuchus
• Heptasaurus
• Kestrosaurus
• Kupferzellia
• Mastodonsaurus
• Paracyclotosaurus
• Parotosuchus
• Promastodonsaurus
• Rhadalognathus
• Sassenisaurus
• Volgasaurus
• Volgasuchus
• Wellesaurus
• Wetlugasaurus

References

• Ross J. Damiani.Early Triassic mastodonsaurids (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli) from Western Australia, with remarks on mastodonsauroid palaeobiogeography. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, Volume 24, Issue 4 2000 , pages 299 - 305. (Abstract)
• 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