Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Full reference: I. V. Novikov. 2016. New tempospondyl amphibians from the basal Triassic of the Obshchii Syrt Highland, Eastern Europe. Paleontological Journal 50(3):297-310
Parent taxon: Capitosauridae according to I. V. Novikov 2016
Sister taxa: Bulgosuchus, Capitosaurus arenaceus, Capitosaurus bogdoanus, Capitosaurus polaris, Cherninia, Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis, Heptasaurus, Jammerbergia, Komatosuchus, Labyrinthodon lavisi, Mastodonsaurus vaslenensis, Parotosuchus dirus, Stenotosaurus, Subcyclotosaurus, Tatrasuchus, Wellesaurus, Odontosaurus, Trochanterium, Archotosaurus, Xenotosuchus, Xestorrhytias perrini, Kestrosaurus
Subtaxa: Samarabatrachus Selenocara
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Greenland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences