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†Promastodonsaurus Bonaparte 1963 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Parent taxon: Mastodonsauroidea according to R. J. Damiani 2001

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Antarctosuchus, Benthosuchidae, Bogdania fragmenta, Capitosauroides, Cyclotosauridae, Cyclotosaurus albertyni, Deltacephalidae, Eocyclotosaurus, Eryosuchidae, Eryosuchus, Mastodonsauridae, Mastodonsaurus, Mastodonsaurus silesiacus, Meyerosuchus, Odenwaldia, Paracyclotosauridae, Paracyclotosaurus, Parotosaurus turfanensis, Parotosuchidae, Parotosuchus, Rewanobatrachus, Yarengiidae, Heylerosauridae, Abiadisaurus, Mentosaurus, Yarengia

Subtaxa: Promastodonsaurus bellmani

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hoyada de Ischiqualasto, undifferentiated (Triassic of Argentina)

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