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Mastodonsaurus cappelensis

Osteichthyes - 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
classOsteichthyes
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: piscivoreg
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:53:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:53:33
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Heptasaurus cappelensis (109490)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mastodonsaurus cappelensis (type locality: 196545)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Bavaria) Mastodonsaurus ingens (196847)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Schwarzwald) Heptasaurus cappelensis (196846)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cyclotosaurus mechernichensis (197719)