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Mastodonsaurus torvus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Mastodonsaurus torvus was named by Konzhukova (1955). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 415/1-4, a mandible. Its type locality is Starokoltaevo I (Locality 8), which is in a Ladinian channel sandstone in the Bukobay Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Mastodonsaurus torvus Konzhukova
1999Mastodonsaurus torvus Schoch
2000Mastodonsaurus torvus Schoch and Milner
2001Mastodonsaurus torvus Damiani p. 412

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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
speciestorvusKonzhukova 1955

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 torvus Konzhukova 1955
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000"Large size, reaching skull lengths of 90 cm; orbits large but not pointed, jugals very narrow, yet wider than in M. giganteus"