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Mastodonsauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Odontosaurus Meyer
1835Odontosaurus voltzii Meyer
1836Capitosaurus arenaceus Münster
1845Odontosaurus Meyer p. 282
1855Xestorrhytias perrini Meyer
1855Mastodonsaurus vaslenensis Meyer p. 136
1859Odontosaurus votzii Gervais p. 507
1859Labyrinthodon (Capitosaurus) arenaceus Owen p. 139
1859Odontosaurus Owen p. 139
1859Odontosaurus voltzii Owen p. 139
1859Xestorrhytias perrini Owen p. 139
1861Labyrinthodon arenaceus Owen p. 216
1861Odontosaurus Owen p. 216
1861Odontosaurus voltzii Owen p. 216
1861Xestorrhytias perrini Owen p. 217
1876Labyrinthodon lavisi Seeley
1885Mastodonsauridae Lydekker
1902Mastodonsauridae Hay p. 423
1902Trochanterium Huene
1902Trochanterium gaudryi Huene p. 20 figs. Pl. 6:2
1914Capitosaurus polaris Wiman
1914Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis Wiman p. 22 figs. Pl. 9
1919Capitosauridae Watson p. 67
1919Mastodonsauridae Watson p. 68
1925Capitosauridae Haughton p. 238
1932Capitosaurus bogdoanus Woodward
1942Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis Nilsson p. 93
1946Capitosauridae Kuhn p. 52
1946Mastodonsauridae Kuhn p. 52
1971Odontosaurus Gall
1971Odontosaurus voltzii Gall
1971Capitosauridae Kuhn p. 6
1971Capitosaurus arenaceus Kuhn p. 6
1971Mastodonsauridae Kuhn p. 7
1971Mastodonsaurus vaslenensis Kuhn p. 7
1974Mastodonsaurus lavisi Paton
1978Parotosuchus dirus Chernin
1988Capitosauridae Carroll
1988Mastodonsauridae Carroll
1988Capitosauridae Warren and Hutchinson p. 860
1999Mastodonsauridae Schoch
2000Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis Schoch and Milner p. 102
2000Capitosauridae Shishkin et al.
2000Capitosauridae Yates and Warren pp. 84, 97 fig. 1
2001Mastodonsauridae Damiani pp. 398, 460 fig. 35
2003Mastodonsauridae Damiani and Rubidge p. 26
2004Capitosauridae Shishkin et al. p. 125
2007Mastodonsauridae Moser and Schoch
2011Capitosauridae Sulej and Niedźwiedzki

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885

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.

Fm. †Mastodonsauridae Lydekker 1885
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G. †Bulgosuchus Damiani 1999
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Bulgosuchus gargantua Damiani 1999
G. †Cherninia Damiani 2001
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Cherninia denwai Mukherjee and Sengupta 1998
Cherninia megarhina Chernin and Cosgriff 1975
G. †Heptasaurus Säve-Söderbergh 1935
G. †Jammerbergia Damiani and Hancox 2003
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Jammerbergia formops Damiani and Hancox 2003
G. †Komatosuchus Novikov and Shishkin 1992
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Komatosuchus chalyshevi Novikov and Shishkin 1992
G. †Stenotosaurus Romer 1947
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Stenotosaurus gracilis Kamphausen 1983
Stenotosaurus semiclausus Swinton 1927
Stenotosaurus stantonensis Woodward 1904
G. †Subcyclotosaurus Watson 1958
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G. †Tatrasuchus Maryanska and Shishkin 1996
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Tatrasuchus kulczyckii Maryanska and Shishkin 1996
Tatrasuchus wildi Schoch 1997
Invalid names: Kupferzellia Schoch 1997 [synonym]
G. †Wellesaurus Lehman 1971
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Wellesaurus peabodyi Welles and Cosgriff 1965
Invalid names: Capitosauridae Watson 1919 [objective synonym], Capitosaurus arenaceus Münster 1836 [nomen dubium], Capitosaurus bogdoanus Woodward 1932 [nomen dubium], Capitosaurus polaris Wiman 1914 [nomen dubium], Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis Wiman 1914 [nomen dubium], Labyrinthodon lavisi Seeley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mastodonsaurus vaslenensis Meyer 1855 [nomen dubium], Parotosuchus dirus Chernin 1978 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Damiani 2001Primitive characters: supraorbital sensory canal traverses skull roof medial to the lacrimal or, more rarely, lies on the lacrimal-nasal suture; lateral line canals usually poorly impressed and discontinuous; anterior palatal vacuity usually single (unpaired). Derived characters: frontal bones included in the medial border of the orbit; denticle shagreen absent from palate (although remnants present in some species); dorsal surface of post-glenoid area of mandible usually displaying well developed muscular ridges: the crista muscularis, crista medialis and crista articularis; prearticular with large, dorsal projection on the anterior margin of the glenoid fossa, the hamate process; marginal teeth on upper and lower jaws strongly antero-posteriorly compressed at their bases; L-shaped quadrate condyles.