Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae
Alternative combination: Capitosaurus robustus
Synonyms: Mastodonsaurus cyclotis Quenstadt 1850 [objective synonym], Mastodonsaurus robustus Quenstadt 1850
Belongs to Cyclotosaurus according to R. J. Damiani 2001
See also Ingavat and Janvier 1981, Kuhn 1971, Moser and Schoch 2007, Schoch 2013, Schoch and Milner 2000, Watson 1958 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965
Sister taxa: Capitosaurus, Cyclotosaurus buechneri, Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis, Cyclotosaurus hemprichi, Cyclotosaurus intermedius, Cyclotosaurus leptognathus, Cyclotosaurus naraserluki, Cyclotosaurus papilio, Cyclotosaurus posthumus, Hercynosaurus, Hercynosaurus carinidens
Type specimens:
- Cyclotosaurus robustus: GPIT 27-1. Its type locality is Feuerbacher Heide, which is in a Carnian channel sandstone/sandstone in the Stuttgart Formation of Germany.
- Mastodonsaurus cyclotis:
- Mastodonsaurus robustus:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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