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Mastodonsaurus giganteus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Salamandroides giganteus was named by Jaeger (1828). Its type specimen is GPIT Am 678, a partial skull (both exoccipitals in articulation, posterior part of parasphenoid, small medial fragments of both pterygoids, and basalmost parts of the otic ossification), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gaildorf, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay shale in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen vanum by Welles and Cosgriff (1965); it was recombined as Mastodonsaurus giganteus by Hay (1902), Swinton (1934), Kuhn (1971), Schoch (1999), Damiani (2001), Moser and Schoch (2007) and Schoch (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Salamandroides giganteus Jaeger p. 38 figs. 1, 2 Pl. V
1829Mastodonsaurus jaegeri Holl p. 88
1834Salamandroides jaegeri Alberti
1840Batrachosaurus jaegeri Fitzinger
1841Labyrinthodon jaegeri Owen
1842Labyrinthodon salamandroides Owen
1854Labyrinthodon jaegeri Mantell p. 753
1855Mastodonsaurus jaegeri Meyer p. 144
1859Labyrinthodon salamandroides Owen p. 137
1859Labyrinthodon (Mastodonsaurus) jaegeri Owen p. 138
1861Labyrinthodon jagaeri Owen p. 210
1889Mastodonsaurus acuminatus Fraas
1902Mastodonsaurus giganteus Hay p. 423
1934Mastodonsaurus giganteus Swinton p. 78
1971Mastodonsaurus giganteus Kuhn p. 7
1999Mastodonsaurus giganteus Schoch
2001Mastodonsaurus giganteus Damiani p. 411
2007Mastodonsaurus giganteus Moser and Schoch pp. 1254-1257 figs. 1-3, 6-9
2013Mastodonsaurus giganteus Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
genusMastodonsaurus
speciesgiganteus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mastodonsaurus giganteus Jaeger 1828
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Invalid names: Mastodonsaurus acuminatus Fraas 1889 [synonym], Mastodonsaurus jaegeri Holl 1829 [synonym], Salamandroides jaegeri Alberti 1834 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available