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Mastodonsaurus cappelensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Mastodonsaurus cappelensis was named by Wepfer (1923). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kappel, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in Germany.

It was recombined as Parotosaurus cappelensis by Kuhn (1971); it was recombined as Heptasaurus cappelensis by Schoch (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Mastodonsaurus cappelensis Wepfer
1937Mastodonsaurus ingens Trusheim
1958Cyclotosaurus mechernichensis Jux and Pflug
1965Mastodonsaurus cappelensis Welles and Cosgriff p. 59
1971Cyclotosaurus mechernichensis Kuhn p. 7
1971Mastodonsaurus ingens Kuhn p. 7
1971Parotosaurus cappelensis Kuhn p. 7
1999Heptasaurus cappelensis Schoch
2001Mastodonsaurus cappelensis Damiani p. 410

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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
speciescappelensisWepfer 1923

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.

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Invalid names: Cyclotosaurus mechernichensis Jux and Pflug 1958 [synonym], Mastodonsaurus ingens Trusheim 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available